RADIUM INSTITUTE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 540, 22 June 1909, Page 5

RADIUM INSTITUTE.

'AN ORDER TO, A.CORNWALL;6oMPANY.'' . : -: ■':. £30,000 FOR; 7J' ORAMMES. v'.-r'i . (By Tclegraph.-Press. Aefloclatlon.-OopyrUht.) ; ';-•:■■ '(Kflc..'June, :2ii;io;l6;p.m.)" : .' : ;■■■;■ ■.. ;'■'. ~..-."' ■■..•''...;.-.■:;■":'.•'.•■■.V. Lontlori,. June : -21.-.-..\ Lord Ivoaffh:ami'Sir'llrnostiOasser. have ordered a ConwaH'oonipany: to .supply,; 7f grammes of radium, at a! cost of £30,000,-for use in. tho''Badioin /Institute; v ;; ■. • THE PITCH-BLENDE'OF V CORNWALL. '.-. i ■■.: COkIIERCIAIPEODUCTION:' '; ■ ;Tho' Cornwall 'Company , ' referred' tb 'is no doubt tho St. Ivos Consolidated Mines,'limited, ,whioh'o\vTis"a property in.Cornwall on whiph Sir .William Rnnisay,' consulting chehiist to the British Radium , Corporation, has modo a satisfactory: report. 1 ;' •'' "■" ' .!'■',' '.- ■' ."' Speaking, "of, the'pres.ho: has jexamined Sir William says: ; "They ar,e. fully equal in their productiveness: for, radio-active- 'materials and', uranium compounds to which over came under* my : notico'from! any part of the world." He fecommendedythc immediate installation of plant.;for ■ the extraction ,of ; the valuable constituents of -the corapany'9 ore. • •■'-.The:new' Radium .Institute,in London ha 3 -been established by means of funds provided by Lord Iveagh.'(of the Guinness firm) nnd Sir' Ernest Cassel, who has been described as :an.intimate of the: King. His Majesty takes a great interest in the Radium Institute;'which is under the chairmanship of' Sir' Frederiok Treves, ' and the eminent surgeon, jjopes to sooure great -results 'in the ■treatment of disease. A Paradox, , - ■>' , '■■■ '.'■ .''-'. ;1 -■''■'.■,- " :; 'v-.- .-;-.,.-' ■■■■' Hitherto, radinra' has been dear becau9a it is scarco,. and it hns been' 1 scarce becaiiso, it is dear. : - It has. in fact been. to 6 dear to create a.domand; and,.-there .being'., no',demand,-' it has continued scarce. Perhaps tho'ostablisk-' meht of ths. Radium- Institute; nnd 'tho givine of,the order-mentioned in the cablegram will be a start towards the produotion'of radium on oommeroial lines, if still at fabulous prices. '■■' Sir .Frederick Treves ,has no doubts as to the,future supply. ,-,_ln anyiteryiew. ho said:. As to the supply of radium, we do not antierpato any diffionlty in- getting all wo require. The real reason for'the email amount in/existence 13 that there is so very, little .demand for it, i As soon as the demand increases, •Eβ will the supply. Of that we can be sure; No doubt it will bo produced in Cornwall. There is a good deal of pitoh-blcndo : there, from which, it can be extracted. The Radium Institute may very likely, causo the demand to' go up. Much depends on tho result of our.. researchers' experiments and/.investigations." -.' ! -'V- ' ! . High-priced radiuhi is not always so. dear fs it.looks, becanse.a.little goes a long Way. If radium.ever 6auk to.being worth its weight 'in gold," Sir Frederick remarked, "it' would be exceedingly cheap." ..• '~v ...'. -.