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Steampunk Jewelry Discovery: Radium Clock Hands

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Uploaded by on Jan 8, 2009

Even a single radium clock hand can give off a substantial amount of radiation.

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  • I'll buy your radium watch parts...

  • the check source on the geiger counter, what is it?

  • Watch hands and faces were painted with radium, to make them glow in the dark, in the early 20th century. Google "radium girls." There is a thread on the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors website which addresses this issue -- basically, don't lick or eat the things, and you should be ok. But, if in doubt, don't work with hands and faces from the early 1900s.

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