Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays while experimenting with cathode rays and crystals, leading to the realization that ...

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 ...

THE discovery by Prof. Röntgen of the rays which bear his name has aroused an interest perhaps unparalleled in the history of physical science. Reports of experiments on these rays come daily ...