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Seven Drams tf Radium.A value of £4 a milligram (equivalent to £114,000 an ounce) baa been placed on radium by a contract lust entered Into befcwoen the British metalliferous mines and Lord Iveagh and Sir Ernest Cassel for the supply of 7K grams (rather more than a quarter of an ounce) of pure radium bromide. This very large order for radium will be supplied from the above named company's mine near Grmpound road in Cornwall. In the short history of radium there has never hitherto been known any greater order than a gram. The first re-colored order on a large scale will therefore be supplied from the British source from which several of the smaller orders have already been tup-piled. Messrs. Buchler Co., of Bruns-wlok, will produce the radium from the Cornish pitchblende under the superintendence of Professor Glesel. their chief chemist. The 7*4 grams of radium referred to are to be presented by Lord Iveagh and Sir Ernest Cassel to the radium Institute, to the information of which they have already contributed very large , funds. The radium Institute, which will be under the surgical direction of Sir Frederick Treves, Is expected to be ready to receive patients suffering from cancer about the end of the present year.—London Times.White Steamers UseTHE WHITE STEAMER WHICH MADE A SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF KEROSENE AS FUEL ON THE RECENT 2030-MILE GLIDDEN TOUR.The most interesting announce-1 The complete success of the new amount of fuel used on the trip ment ever made In connection with fuel while on thla 2660-mlle public showed that kerosene is at least
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Vienna News
Vienna, Georgia, US
Fri, Sep 10, 1909
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