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First Day Cover honoring Ernest Rutherford

  • 1971

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Cachet includes two depictions of Lord Rutherford and text, "World Famous Scientist Pioneering in Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics." The research program in the field of radioactivity undertaken by Rutherford at Montreal's McGill University provided a large impetus to physical research in Canada at the turn of the century.

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  • Box 2

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Scientific Biography
Ernest Rutherford

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Ray Webber. “First Day Cover Honoring Ernest Rutherford.” Canada, 1971. Witco Stamp Collection, Box 2. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/g732d9021.

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