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According to Google today is the 115th anniversary of the discovery of X-Rays



The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery have just tweeted with a link to their first ever article concerning X-Rays, from 1896.

http://www.ejbjs.org/cgi/reprint/s1-9/1/274

 

Wilhelm Röntgen

Discoverer of X-Rays (1845–1923)

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (/ˈrɛntɡən, -dʒən, ˈrʌnt-/;^[3] German pronunciation: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈʁœntɡən] ^ⓘ; 27 March 1845 – 10 February 1923) was a German mechanical engineer and physicist,^[4] 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 Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.^[5][6] In honour of Röntgen's accomplishments, in 2004 the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) named element 111, roentgenium, a radioactive element with multiple unstable isotopes, after him. The unit of measurement roentgen was also named after him.

1. ^ Segovia-Buendía, Cristina (22 July 2020). "Röntgens Wurzeln im Bergischen". Lüttringhauser Anzeiger (in German).
2. ^ Jain, C. "Spouse - source from Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Biographical". Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Biographical.
3. ^ "Röntgen". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
4. ^ "Wilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923) – Ontdekker röntgenstraling". historiek.net. 31 October 2010.
5. ^ Novelize, Robert. Squire's Fundamentals of Radiology. Harvard University Press. 5th edition. 1997. ISBN 0-674-83339-2 p. 1.
6. ^ Stoddart, Charlotte (1 March 2022). "Structural biology: How proteins got their close-up". Knowable Magazine. doi:10.1146/knowable-022822-1. Retrieved 25 March 2022.

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Just learnt something for the day - always well for the last 4.5 years wondered why Sweds used the word Röntgen for X-rays. Just knew that was the word you used .

Never looked it up - Now I know