CLAUDE (Georges). - Lot 67

CLAUDE (Georges). Born in Paris. 1870–1960. A French physicist and chemist, he was also an industrial inventor notable for the breadth and diversity of his work. L.A.S. “G. Claude” to a journalist. Paris, September 3, 1909. 1½ pages, in-8 format, on letter paper. Georges Claude thanks him …for the proofs received, which implies approval of my article… He is only concerned that the article may have been typeset a little too early, …and that you might be tying up your space for quite some time, since it has been agreed that the article will not appear until after my presentation to the Civil Engineers… that is, in November.…I have not forgotten your desire to try a liquid oxygen respirator, but the few devices that have been built are all currently being tested in the mines, and I will hasten to bring you one as soon as it returns…