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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (/ ˈ r ɛ n t ɡ ə n,-dʒ ə n, ˈ r ʌ n t-/; [4] German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈʁœntɡən] ⓘ; often rendered Roentgen in English; 27 March 1845 – 10 February 1923) was a German physicist, [5] who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achievement that earned him the inaugural ...
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845–1923) Date: before 1923. Source : This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs ...
File: First medical X-ray by Wilhelm Röntgen of his wife Anna Bertha Ludwig's hand - 18951222.jpg
The Hand of Mrs. Wilhelm Röntgen: 1895 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen: Würzburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany The first X-ray, taken by its inventor, featured his wife's hand and ring. [s 2] [s 3] Portrait of Emil Racoviță: 1899 Louis Boutan: Banyuls-sur-Mer, France First underwater portrait, and the first taken by a camera designed for underwater ...
Röntgen Memorial Site, Röntgenring 8, Würzburg. The Röntgen Memorial Site in Würzburg, Germany, is dedicated to the work of the German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845–1923) and his discovery of X-rays, for which he was granted the first Nobel Prize in physics, in 1901. It contains an exhibition of historical instruments, machines ...
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The discovery of X-rays by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923) in 1895 led to extensive experimentation by scientists, physicians, and inventors. The first X-ray machines produced extremely unfavorable radiation spectra for imaging with extremely high skin doses. [5]