Uranium
A brittle gray metal discovered by Klaproth in 1789, in the mineral pitchblende; lately employed in manufacturing glass for philosophical purposes.
Harper’s Book of Facts, 1905.
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25 years or so later they start experimenting with a much more dangerous usage...that...
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Philosophical purposes? They used to make Philosophical Glass?!
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What on earth are...glass manufactured with uranium?
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Wasn’t it radioactive?! Or am I being a big ignorant ass?
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