Title

Henri Becquerel, French physicist, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Henri Becquerel, French physicist, late 19th or early 20th century. In 1896 Becquerel (1852-1908) discovered that uranium, when placed on a sealed, light-tight photographic plate, exposed the plate, producing an image of the uranium on the developed plate. He deduced that uranium was emitting an invisible but penetrating radiation. In 1903 he shared the Nobel prize for physics with Pierre and Marie Curie. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1920, 6th album, Editions MD, Paris.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C52_335

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (2,9Mb) / 10,7in x 18,1in / 3219 x 5436 (300dpi)

Keywords

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