Roentgen rays
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Were it not that the power is possessed of changing these rays to light rays, man could know nothing of the Roentgen rays.
From Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy by Widtsoe, John Andreas
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
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
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
The X- or Roentgen rays have been mentioned several times.
From Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy by Widtsoe, John Andreas
