Paris, France:

Folder 2F

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Elements: radium, polonium, actinium, aluminum, thallium, lutetium, francium
Location: Paris
Scientist: Curies, Debierne, Deville, Lamy, Urbain, Perey

paris view is southeast	paris turgot arbalete	old School of Pharmacy	main entrance of the School of Agronomy	main entrance
The National Institute of Agronomy	building complex of the Agronomy School	exit to the backcourt	back courtyard, now a parking lot	Eugène Risler
Jean-Baptiste Boussingault	ESPCI, the École Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles	plaque is found on the north wall	laboratory in which Pierre and Marie Curie discovered radium	Old ESPCI
southeast side of the school	view southwest on Rue Vauquelin	entrance to ESPCI on Rue Vauquelin	The two plaques	...discovered radium
Superior School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry	The "Histoire de Paris" post:	ESPCI today does progressive research	previous site of the laboratory	Where "Shed" used to be
who received Nobel Prizes	Michel Lagues explains	The plaque	modest shed	exterior of the "Shed."
interior of the "Shed."	Site of the laboratory	the storeroom	Entering the building	several original instruments
Ionization chamber	ionization chamber	guide in the museum	Pierre Curie	Marie Curie
Portrait of Debierne	Original lab notes	École normale superieure	Rue d'Ulm is a fairly recent street	entrance of the school
"Histoire de Paris"	the first normal school...	new school was completed in 1847	part of the "French grand école	inscriptions above the door
above the door	Normal School	Napoleon created by decree	Superior Normal School	"Law of 24 April 1841."
This is the courtyard	historic laboratory of Deville	Another view of the courtyard	Another view of the courtyard	closer look at the busts
busts circle the entire courtyard	Thénard	Gay-Lussac	Lavoisier	Berthollet
collatorabors of Pasteur	Pasteur spent his later years at École Normale Supérieure	Pasteur pavilion	Plaque on Pasteur pavilion	later laboratory of Louis Pasteur
lower plaque gives the dates	plaque holds his accomplishments.	École Normale Supérieure	building is on Rue Lhomond	"Histoire de Paris" post
entrance to the library	showcase of chemicals	Laboratory of chemistry	aluminum bust of Deville	First aluminum
Aluminum 1855.	Closeup of the aluminum sample	Aluminum sample	painting by Léon Lhermitte	closeup of the left side of the painting
original lithograph	a lithograph furnished by the ENS library	Pasteur's preparation	Preparations of artificial emeralds	Thallium preparations
One of Lamy's thallium preparations	relief of Georges Urbain	table of affinities	On this street is the Institut de Radium	street was commissioned in 1909.
Institut de Radium	in the middle of the Latin Quarter	Institut de Radium	Institut de Radium anchors the Curie campus	The Musée Curie is here.
Historic chemical samples.	historic laboratory	Closeup of laboratory equipment	used to make measurements of radioactivity	ionization chamber.jpg
piezoelectric-	electrometer	large crystal of quartz	"Le hangar" ("The Shed")	This is the room inside
equipment used by the Curies	classic photo	previous photo is actually cropped	Pierre Curie was constantly designing	lab notes are still radioactive
Laboratory notes	Madame Curie's office-- her favorite chair	Madame Curie's original laboratory smock.	Classic portrait	Marie Curie drove an ambulance during WWI.
Behind the Curie Pavilion