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Previous | Home | NextThe second page of the 4 May 1903 letter. Curie attested to the strength of Urbain’s character and recommended him to inherit the spectral equipment. Hence, it appears from Curie’s correspondence that the equipment of Demarçay was transported to the laboratory of Urbain -- who eventually used it in his co-discovery of lutetium in 1907 (the other co-discoverers were James in the U.S.A. {LINK: Durham540} and Welsbach in Austria {LINK: Althofen202}. Curie himself died in 1906 in the tragic accident on Rue Dauphine.
