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Christmas card featuring Henri Becqurel

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Christmas and New Years' card featuring a black and white portrait of Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852-1908).

Becquerel was a French physicist who won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in radioactivity. He received the award with Pierre Curie (1859-1906) and Marie Curie (1867-1934).

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  • 14.5 cm W x 21 cm H (folded)
  • 19 cm W x 21 cm H (unfolded)
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute
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  • Council on Library and Information Resources

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  • Series I: Sub-Series I: Georg Bredig Correspondence File, 1891-1944
  • Series I: Sub-Series II. Georg Bredig Subject File, 1900-1944
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  • Box 4, Folder 41

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“Christmas Card Featuring Henri Becqurel.” Academic Press, n.d. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 4, Folder 41. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/5kgthyh.

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