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IN connection with the discovery of P. Curie and Laborde that radium continuously emits heat at a rapid rate, an interesting question arises as to whether the heat emission is directly connected with the radio-activity of that element or is independent of it.
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RUTHERFORD, E., BARNES, H. Heating Effect of the Radium Emanation. Nature 68, 622 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/068622a0
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