Röntgen rays

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The Röntgen rays are useful in determining the presence and position of a foreign body.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

Here was a substance emitting spontaneously and continually radiations similar to Röntgen rays, whereas ordinarily, Röntgen rays can be produced only in a vacuum tube with the expenditure of electrical energy.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine

But I did look at Carmona, feeling his eyes upon me, and met a stare as searching as Röntgen rays.

From The Car of Destiny by Both, Armand

The use of the Röntgen rays, or examination of the joint under anæsthesia, is helpful.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Thus arose the so-called X or Röntgen rays.

From Recent Developments in European Thought by Various