Georges CLAUDE (1870-1960, physicist and chemist, inventor o - Lot 369

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Georges CLAUDE (1870-1960, physicist and chemist, inventor o - Lot 369
Georges CLAUDE (1870-1960, physicist and chemist, inventor of genius, his name should have been remembered as one of the very first scientists of the 20th century, but he was totally excluded and erased from memory because of his particularly active collaboration during the Second World War; we owe him the creation of the neon tube and his research led to the founding of the Société Air Liquide) / 1°)Correspondence from May 1940: Marcel Conversy of Thonon-les-Bains wrote to him to draw his attention to a "personal idea" for fighting tanks: "Has it occurred to anyone that it would be enough to increase the temperature of these machines by 20 or 30 degrees to render them uninhabitable, and therefore harmless" - he suggested "an incendiary bomb sticking to the shell" or "some sort of firebomb made of oil, pitch, tar?"or "flooding the roads with flammable material?"Georges Claude had Conversy's letter typed and sent to Monsieur LONGCHAMBON, Chairman of the Commission des Inventions; on the double-pelure which he kept for his file, Georges Claude affixed an autograph apostille signed for the Chairman: "It seems to me that there's a very interesting idea there - would you like, if need be, to have it examined and answered by its author?"The file includes Georges Claude's autograph draft of the reply to Marcel Conversy (1 p in-8) with its double-spread annotation (2 p in-4), as well as the double-spread of the letter addressed to President Longchambon - 2°)Suite de 2 brouillons autographes, de la main de Georges Claude,Années 1934-35: These are notes on the organization of political and patriotic receptions - very close to nationalist circles, which he financed thanks to his business success; the theme of both notes is the planting and presentation of gardens, notably with tricolor colors - he specifies that his reception on June 10, 1934 was attended by at least 350 people.
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