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 ...

“It was one of the best moments of my life.” When Wilhelm Roentgen first discovered X-rays in 1895, he couldn’t have imagined how far this technology would advance. From revolutionizing ...

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 ...

Official discovery of X-rays is commonly attributed to German physics professor, Wilhelm Roentgen, who – somewhat accidentally – stumbled across the radiation while testing to see whether ...

William Roentgen discovered X-rays at the end of the 19th century. In the same period, J. J. Thomson discovered the electron. At the beginning of the 20th century, Max Planck revealed the quantum ...

November 8: Wilhelm Roentgen of Germany invents the x-ray photograph. Lumière brothers of France exhibit cinema projector. Between 1895 and 1898, Eastman purchases three companies that hold ...