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Radium Dial Company — The now defunct Radium Dial Company, was one of a few United States companies along with the United States Radium Corporation, involved in the painting of clocks, watches and other instrument dials using radioluminescent paint containing radium.… … Wikipedia
radium dial — noun : a clock, watch, or instrument dial having figures coated with luminous paint … Useful english dictionary
Radium jaw — is an occupational disease brought on by the ingestion and subsequent absorption of radium into the bones of Radium dial painters. The symptoms are necrosis of the mandible (lower jawbone) and the maxilla (upper jaw) as well as constant bleeding… … Wikipedia
Radium dials — are radioluminescent watch, clock and other instrument dials. In the early 1900s glow in the dark clock and watch faces had the digits painted using paint containing Radium, the most common version created by the United States Radium Corporation… … Wikipedia
Radium Girls — travaillant dans une usine de cadrans lumineux au radium. Les Radium Girls sont des ouvrières américaines ayant été exposées pendant de longues périodes à du radium contenu dans une peinture utilisée pour marquer des cadrans lumineux. Elles ont… … Wikipédia en Français
Radium Girls — The Radium Girls were women subjected to radiation exposure at the United States Radium Corporation factory, in Orange, New Jersey around 1917. The five female workers gained notoriety for their efforts in challenging their employer in court. The … Wikipedia
Radium Girls — Anzeige für Undark Die Radium Girls waren eine Gruppe von weiblichen Fabrikarbeitern, die sich durch ihre Arbeit eine Strahlenvergiftung zugezogen haben. Ihre Aufgabe war das Bemalen von Ziffernblättern von Uhren mit Leuchtfarbe für die United… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Radium — (pronEng|ˈreɪdiəm) is a radioactive chemical element which has the symbol Ra and atomic number 88. Its appearance is almost pure white, but it readily oxidizes on exposure to air, turning black. Radium is an alkaline earth metal that is found in… … Wikipedia
Cancer des ouvrières du Radium (fabrication de montres à cadran lumineux) — Radium Girls Radium Girls travaillant dans une usine de cadrans lumineux au radium Les Radium Girls sont des ouvrières américaines travaillant le radium dans une usine de production de cadrans lumineux. Ces femmes ont subis d importantes… … Wikipédia en Français
Radium — Eigenschaften … Deutsch Wikipedia
