On Sat, 27 Oct 2018 21:45:28 -0400 (EDT) Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> > > On October 27, 2018 at 9:35 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Along with some of the girls who painted radium markings on > > instrument faces for the military, and played with the glowing paint > > on work breaks. > > Or was that watch faces? > Probably both, but there were likely more watches made than submarine > instrument panels etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls It was watch faces. In the 1920s or thereabouts, there was even a radium drink, which some people used extensively. One fellow had his jaw melt away into nothing and had a rather painful death. Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
