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X-Rays: The Discovery that Revolutionized Science (1895)
In 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays while experimenting with cathode rays and crystals, leading to the realization that invisible rays could cause fluorescence and penetrate lightproof ...
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The First X-ray, 1895
At the end of the 19th century, while studying the effects of passing an electrical current through gases at low pressure, German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen accidentally discovered X-rays—highly ...
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X-rays and another accidental discoveries
On 8 November 1895, German scientist Wilhem Röntgen discovered x-rays – a new technology that revolutionised medicine. Only, the interesting thing is, he didn’t actually mean to. Röntgen’s ...
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Röntgen Centenary and Fifty Years of X-Rays
The discovery of X-rays was communicated by him to the Physico-Medical Society of Würtzburg in November 1895; a translation of his paper appeared in Nature of January 23, 1896. The present year ...
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X-Rays and their Applications
RöNTGEN'S discovery of X-rays at the end of the year 1895 began a new era in the history of scientific investigation. Few discoveries have so speedily been followed by important benefits to ...