Roentgen rays
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The operating rooms, kitchens, wards, rooms for operating by Roentgen rays, and even a chapel have been installed.
From With the Allies by Davis, Richard Harding
The pure search for truth and knowledge was not lowered when the electrical waves were harnessed for wireless telegraphy, or the Roentgen rays were forced into the service of surgery.
From Psychology and Industrial Efficiency by Münsterberg, Hugo
When the flying electrons strike upon a little metal target placed in their path, they produce the well-known Roentgen rays.
From Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion by Gibson, Charles R. (Charles Robert)
I must tell you of my own experiences in connection with these X-rays, which I hear some men describe also as Roentgen rays.
From Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion by Gibson, Charles R. (Charles Robert)
Whether the Roentgen rays are really a form of light—that is, a form of "electro-magnetic disturbance propagated through ether," is not fully determined.
From A History of Science — Volume 3 by Williams, Henry Smith
