Mining and Selling Radium and Uranium


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Presented here is the story of the mining and sale of uranium and radium ore through biographical vignettes, chemistry, physics, geology, geography, occupational health, medical utilization, environmental safety and industrial history. Included are the people and places involved over the course of over 90 years of interconnected mining and sale of radium and uranium, finally ending in 1991 with the abandonment of radium paint and medical devices, Soviet nuclear parity, and the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.




Standard Catalog of World Gold Coins


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This new edition of the ultimate gold coins book gives you facts, photos and prices you can use to make solid investments and accurate assessment of coins. In today's volatile gold coins market, there's a lot of opportunities to take advantage of, and equally as many chances where you can be taken advantage of. Make your mark in the market with this gold guide. With four centuries of gold, platinum and palladium coins, this book is: An essential reference for the collector of world gold coins A premium source of the gold coin investor Values for more than four hundred years of gold coins All the types, all their dates of issue, full weights and measures, with valuations true to today's record high gold market; this is a catalog you cannot afford to be without.







Atomic Rivals


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World Civilizations


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