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Live auction - fme_690879 - SCIENCE & SCIENTIFIC Médaille, offerte à William Crookes

SCIENCE & SCIENTIFIC Médaille, offerte à William Crookes AU
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Estimate : 400 €
Price : 231 €
Maximum bid : 310 €
End of the sale : 07 December 2021 20:20:03
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Médaille, offerte à William Crookes
Date: 1912
Metal : gold plated silver
Diameter : 62,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 127,02 g.
Edge : gravée : PRESENTED TO SIR WILLIAM CROOKES, O. M., F. R. S., SEPT. 1912.
Coments on the condition:
Patine doré présentant quelques taches noires

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Soleil timbré d’un visage, les signes du zodiaque entre chaque rayon. Représentation de personnages féminins dans des cartouches tout autour dont une sirène, une femme tenant une gerbe de blé (Cérès).

Reverse


Reverse legend : SOC. / CHEM. / INDVSTR. / OPTIME / MERENTI.
Reverse description : Légende en 5 lignes dans un médaillon entouré de branches de laurier.

Commentary


Il s’agit d’une haute distinction offerte par la “British Chemical Society” à William Crookes en septembre 1912.
William Crookes (1832-1919) est un chimiste et un physicien britannique. Il a donné son nom à la technique des tubes de Crookes, grâce auxquels ont été découverts par exemple les rayons X. Il est également connu pour des études concernant les médiums. Il a découvert le protactinium et le thallium.
This is a high distinction awarded by the British Chemical Society to William Crookes in September 1912. William Crookes (1832-1919) was a British chemist and physicist. He gave his name to the Crookes tube technique, which, for example, discovered X-rays. He is also known for his studies of mediums. He discovered protactinium and thallium.

Historical background


SCIENCE & SCIENTIFIC

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