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SCIENCE - PERRIN Jean (1870 - 1942) - Typed letter signed Typed letter signed, dated “Paris le 29 Juin 1938” by the French physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids (sedimentation equilibrium), verified Albert Einstein's explanation of this phenomenon and thereby confirmed the atomic nature of matter. For this achievement he was honoured with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1926. Addressed to the member of Municipal council of Paris Maurice de Fontenay (1872 - 1957): “…Il est bien à prévoir que Melle de Maleprade pourra être renouvelé pour l’année 1938-39, comme aide technique au service de M. LACROIX. Quant à la possibilité d’attacher cette personne au Centre National des Recherches Scientifiques appliquées, on ne pourra l’étudier que lorsque les décrets d’organisation seront parus…”. 1 p. In-4. With letterhead. Notes of other hand at the bottom.
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SCIENCE - PERRIN Jean (1870 - 1942) - Typed letter signed
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