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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] ⓘ; anglicized as Roentgen; 27 March 1845 – 10 February 1923) was a German physicist [5] who produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays.
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 and documents.
The roentgen or röntgen (/ ˈ r ɛ n t ɡ ə n,-dʒ ə n, ˈ r ʌ n t-/; [2] symbol R) is a legacy unit of measurement for the exposure of X-rays and gamma rays, and is defined as the electric charge freed by such radiation in a specified volume of air divided by the mass of that air (statcoulomb per kilogram).
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Röntgen or Roentgen may refer to: Roentgen (unit) , unit of measurement for ionizing radiation, named after Wilhelm Röntgen Wilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923), German physicist, discoverer of X-rays
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Exner's copy arrived on 6 January 1896: it was one of those accompanied by several copies of the first X-rays. One of the colleagues to whom Exner showed his fiend's work was Ernst Lecher , established already as a talented experimental physicist, and a scholar-scientist for whose future career Röntgen's discoveries would prove pivotal.
Original – X-ray by Wilhelm Röntgen of his wife Anna Bertha Ludwig's hand Reason famous historical picture, restored, FP on Commons Articles in which this image appears Wilhelm Röntgen, Radiography, List of photographs considered the most important, L'Homme truqué (The Doctored Man), Radiographer, etc. FP category for this image