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Invitation to a Special Meeting of the College of Physicians with speakers Marie Curie and Robert Abbe

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Title

Invitation to a Special Meeting of the College of Physicians with speakers Marie Curie and Robert Abbe

Subject

Curie, Marie, 1867-1934
Abbe, Robert, 1851-1928
College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Description

An invitation to a special meeting at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia in which Marie Curie presented the Piezo-Electric Apparatus which she and her husband Pierre used in their early experiments with radium. Robert Abbe also presented items from Lord Lister and Louis Pasteur for permanent display at the College of Physicians.

Creator

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1921

Type

StillImage|Text

Identifier

CuriePiezoElectricDeviceCuratorship1

Coverage

early 20th Century

Original Format

printed card

Physical Dimensions

10 x 13 cm

Citation

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, “Invitation to a Special Meeting of the College of Physicians with speakers Marie Curie and Robert Abbe,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed December 22, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/4362.

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