Roentgen rays
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The former are produced by the high tension electric apparatus, which we have described in the chapter relating to wireless telegraphy; and the latter, called also the Roentgen rays, are generated by the Crookes' Tube.
From Electricity for Boys by Zerbe, James Slough
The X- or Roentgen rays have been mentioned several times.
From Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy by Widtsoe, John Andreas
Luckily, not even Roentgen rays could discover what a store of drawings, charts, and fortress plans I keep in my memory.
From The Coming Conquest of England by Niemann, August
The rays producing this glow were not the cathode rays, although apparently arising from them, and are what have since been called the Roentgen rays, or X-rays.
From A History of Science — Volume 3 by Williams, Henry Smith
Or, instead, a photographic plate may be used, for the Roentgen rays affect the materials from which these plates are made.
From Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy by Widtsoe, John Andreas
