. Electrical world. situation of the young couple was not verybright. Neither had any fortune, and with thefew thousand francs which they earned it was no-easy task to make both ends meet at the close ofthe year in such an expensive city as Paris. Sothey went out into the suburbs of the great capi-tal and established themselves in the little townof Bourg-la-Reine, distant two or three milesfrom the walls; and in order to save the railwayfare, husband and wife, in all weathers and at allhours, made the journey by bicycle from theirmodest lodgings to their laboratory in the dingyold Rue Lhomond,
. Electrical world. situation of the young couple was not verybright. Neither had any fortune, and with thefew thousand francs which they earned it was no-easy task to make both ends meet at the close ofthe year in such an expensive city as Paris. Sothey went out into the suburbs of the great capi-tal and established themselves in the little townof Bourg-la-Reine, distant two or three milesfrom the walls; and in order to save the railwayfare, husband and wife, in all weathers and at allhours, made the journey by bicycle from theirmodest lodgings to their laboratory in the dingyold Rue Lhomond, where they have made theirimportant discoveries. When it is known that theroad from Bourg-la-Reine to Paris is block pavedmuch of the distance and encumbered in many ways, these goings and comings on the wheel were not holiday rides, especially in the case of the frail young wife. Soon a child came to the struggling couple. The little daughter is now seven years old, in good health, full of life and tenderly cared. Fig. 15.—Drawing of Complete Car. and found to perform all its functions successfully, and would have for by the loving mother. So Mme. Curie is not only a scientistrbeen placed on the road, and experiments with it would now be in whose name is well known throughout the world, but a model wifeprocess had it not been destroyed. All that remains of it is shown and mother, another and most striking example of the fact that the new woman does not differ in this respect materiallyfrom her sister. The prize of 100,000 francs ($20,000) placed at thedisposal of the Parisian press syndicate by M. Osirishas been divided between Mme. Curie, to whom 60,000francs ($12,000) has been allotted, to enable her tocontinue her researches as to radium, and M. Branly,who received 40,000 francs ($8,000) for his discoveryof the conductibility and non-conductibility of filingsunder the influence of the Hertzian waves, whichrendered wireless telegraphy possible. Mme. Curie has contributed
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