[Ads-l] Antedating of "Radium"

[dave@wilton.net]

I've got it a bit earlier, from July 1898. I haven't revised this entry yet, and I suppose there are earlier uses to be found.
 
[ https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/radium-radioactive-radio-radiation ]( https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/radium-radioactive-radio-radiation ) 
 
 
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radium (OED 1899)

1898 _San Francisco Chronicle_ 28 Dec. 1/3 (Newspapers.com) Dr. Becquerel has announced to the Academy of Sciences the discovery of a new chemical substance which has close affinity to barium. Its discovereres, MM. Curie and Bremona, have named it radium.

Fred Shapiro

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