Note 8 — Chapter V · THE DREAM BECOME A REALITY. THE DISCOVERY OF RADIUM
Charlotte Kellogg translation
I quote, as an example, a letter addressed to Pierre Curie by A. Paulsen, thanking him for radioactive products loaned him in 1899:
"Den Damke Nordl's Expedition
Akureyi, 16 Oct. 1899.
Monsieur, and most honored colleague,
"I thank you warmly for your letter of August 1, which I have just received in the north of Iceland.
"We have abandoned all the methods hitherto employed to establish in a fixed conductor the potential that exists at certain points in the mass of air that surrounds it, and are using only your radiant powder.
"Accept, Monsieur, and most honored colleague, my respectful salutations and my renewed thanks for the great services you have rendered my expedition.
"ADAM PAULSEN."