Discovery of X-Rays - World History Encyclopedia Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923), a German scientist, discovered X-rays or Röntgen rays in November 1895 He was awarded the first Nobel Prize for Physics for this discovery in 1901 The thrill of the discovery became caught up in the late Victorian obsession with ghosts and photography
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen | Biography, Discovery, X-Rays . . . Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was a physicist who received the first Nobel Prize for Physics, in 1901, for his discovery of X-rays, which heralded the age of modern physics and revolutionized diagnostic medicine
November 8, 1895: Roentgens Discovery of X-Rays | American . . . On November 8, 1895, Roentgen noticed that when he shielded the tube with heavy black cardboard, the green fluorescent light caused a platinobarium screen nine feet at away to glow - too far away to be reacting to the cathode rays as he understood them
The History of X-Rays: How an Accidental Discovery Changed . . . It was during Edison’s research that the dangers of X-rays were discovered Clarence Dally, a glassblower who worked with Edison, would X-ray his own hands to test X-ray tubes Eventually, he had both of his arms amputated due to cancer, and he died of X-ray exposure in 1904
Discovery of the X-ray: A New Kind of Invisible Light November 8 is World Radiography Day, the anniversary of Wilhelm Röntgen's discovery of "a new kind of invisible light" -- the X-ray Röntgen discovered X-rays accidentally while doing experiments on fluorescence produced in vacuum tubes
X-ray – a fascinating discovery that changed the world On 8 November 1895 at the University of Würzburg, Germany, the physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovers a new, unknown type of rays, which he names X-rays Like most physicists of his day,