Pierre Curie was Laboratory Chief in charge of all practical work at The City of Paris Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Education Institution (ESPCI). Marya Skłodowska[1] was searching for lab space to do a study for which she was retained by the Society for the Encouragement of National Industry[2] relating the magnetic properties of various steels to their chemical composition. She had secured space for her work in the laboratory of Gabriel Lippmann[3]; however, his lab was crowded making her…

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