1895: German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen is working in his laboratory in Würzburg when he accidentally discovers the X-ray. Roentgen was conducting experiments with a Crookes tube -- basically a glass ...
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On the night of November 8, 1895, German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen finished his supper and went to his laboratory to conduct some routine experiments. Roentgen had no way of knowing that, ...
The first X-ray images ever taken are now part of the Memory of the World Register of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The German Commission for UNESCO ...
Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays on November 8, 1895, while experimenting with a Crookes tube. The accidental discovery of X-rays occurred when a distant screen glowed despite the tube being covered.
An X-ray shows the feet of an 6-year-old boy (Picture: ChinaFotoPress) It’s been 120 years since the first x-ray so we’ve decided to put a list together showing some of the most fascinating examples.
1896: Radioactivity is discovered accidentally by French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel. Becquerel was investigating German colleague Wilhelm Roentgen's work on phosphorescence in uranium salts ...
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 ...
On March 27, 1845, physicist Wilhelm Roentgen, who discovered X-rays, was born in Lennep, Prussia. In 1884 the first long-distance phone call was made, between Boston and New York City. In 1886 ...
Today, medical imaging technologies such as X-ray and MRI machines are so ubiquitous across healthcare settings that it is difficult to imagine a life without them. The contributions of these machines ...
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