An old cigarette card (c. 1929) with a portrait of Pierre Curie (1859–1906) and an illustration of his discovery of uranium extracted via pitchblend. Curie was a French physicist, a pioneer in radioactivity. In 1903, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife, Marie and Henri Becquerel. Curie worked with his wife in isolating polonium and radium. They were the first to use the term 'radioactivity' and were pioneers in its study, including Marie Curie's celebrated medical work. Uraninite, formerly pitchblende or pitchblend, is a radioactive, uranium-rich mineral and ore.
An old cigarette card (c. 1929) with a portrait of Pierre Curie (1859–1906) and an illustration of his discovery of uranium extracted via pitchblend. Curie was a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity, and radioactivity. In 1903, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife, Marie Skłodowska-Curie, and Henri Becquerel. Curie worked with his wife in isolating polonium and radium. They were the first to use the term 'radioactivity' and were pioneers in its study, including Marie Curie's celebrated medical work. Curie and one of his students, Albert Laborde, made the first discovery of nuclear energy, by identifying the continuous emission of heat from radium particles. Uraninite, formerly pitchblende or pitchblend, is a radioactive, uranium-rich mineral and ore. This card is from a 1929 set entitled 'Scientific Inventions and Discoveries' (35 cards in the series). The firm of R and J Hill Cigarettes was established on Shoreditch High Street, Hackney, London in the 1700s. In the twentieth century the company issued cards with their Sunripe and Spinet Oval cigarettes. The firm expanded to include H Archer and Co and issued cards, like this set, under 'The Spinet House' brand. The company no longer exists.
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Location: France
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