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 ...

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 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 ...

WILHELM KONRAD RONTGEN was born on March 27, 1845. The discovery of X-rays was communicated by him to the Physico-Medical Society of Würtzburg in November 1895; a translation of his paper ...

RONTGEN announced his discovery of X-rays late in 1895. A few years afterwards, attempts were made to get cinematograph records of the pictures obtained by them; but they were crude. It was found ...