Georges CLAUDE (1870–1960, physicist and chemist, a brillian - Lot 310

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Georges CLAUDE (1870–1960, physicist and chemist, a brillian - Lot 310
Georges CLAUDE (1870–1960, physicist and chemist, a brilliant inventor; his name should have been remembered as one of the foremost scientists of the 20th century, but he was completely excluded and erased from history due to his particularly active collaboration during World War II; He is credited with inventing the neon tube, and his research led to the founding of 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 combating tanks: “Has anyone considered that simply raising the temperature of these vehicles by 20 or 30 degrees would make them uninhabitable—and thus harmless ” — He suggested “an incendiary bomb that sticks to the armor” or “some sort of firebombs made of oil, pitch, and tar?” or even “flooding the roads with flammable material?”; Georges Claude had Conversy’s letter typed up to forward it to Mr. LONGCHAMBON, President of the Inventions Commission; On the carbon copy he kept for his files, Georges Claude added a handwritten, signed note addressed to the President: “It seems to me that this is a very interesting idea—would you be willing, if appropriate, to have it reviewed and respond to its author?”; The file includes Georges Claude’s handwritten draft of the reply to Marcel Conversy (1 p. in-8), along with its carbon copy bearing annotations (2 p. in-4), as well as the carbon copy of the letter addressed to President Longchambon—2°) A set of two autograph drafts in Georges Claude’s hand, from 1934–35: These are notes regarding the organization of his political and patriotic receptions—he was very close to the nationalist circles he financed thanks to his success in business; Both notes focus on the planting and presentation of gardens, particularly featuring the colors of the French tricolor—he specifies that at his reception on June 10, 1934, he had hosted at least 350 people
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