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Most of the following studies on artificial disintegration performed at the institute were done using either Curie's source or Rona's preparations. 101

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According to Elisabeth Rona's autobiography, when she entered the institute in the early 1920s, she was assigned Exner's former office due to a shortage of office space. 76 From the Pettersson – Karlik correspondence we also learn that Karlik "had locked the room so that only a 'Funktionär' could have entered," 77 and later that Przibram "could hear the pump running in my room all the time."

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Rona's experience at the oceanographic laboratory in Bornö appealed to C. Piggot and W. Urry from the Geophysical Laboratory as they investigated the radioactivity of ocean sediments.

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Already in February 1934, Pettersson mentioned Rona's blood problems in his letter, wishing quick recovery.

Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna 2007

It is not clear from Rona's letter what kind of industry Vatur was. back

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Declining the invitation, Rona chose to stay in Vienna. 4 Given that Rona's expertise in preparing polonium sources was highly in demand by different researchers and used in a number of newly developed methods for detecting radiation, she moved from one laboratory bench to another, forming collaborations with remarkable flexibility.

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In the summer of 1925, Meyer was spending his holidays in Bad Ischl, a summer resort in Austria, when he knocked unexpectedly on Rona's door and offered her a position in his institute.

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Rona's work, first with Fajans and then with Hevesy, offered her such visibility in the community that Hahn provided her a grant and an opportunity to work with him and Meitner at their radioactivity department of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin-Dahlem.

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In 1930 for instance, he arranged for Berta Karlik to work at William H. Bragg's laboratory in London. 122 Rona's later account of Meyer's personality and his role as a director comes as no surprise.

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Rona's earlier work in the intersection of radioactivity and oceanography was the vehicle for securing a joint research position at the Geophysical Laboratory at the Carnegie Institute in Washington.

Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna 2007