Roentgen rays

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The X- or Roentgen rays have been mentioned several times.

From Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy by Widtsoe, John Andreas

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 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

Further investigations by Lord Kelvin, Beattie, Smolan, and Rutherford confirmed the fact that, like the Roentgen rays, the uranium rays not only acted upon the photographic plate but discharged electrified bodies.

From A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science by Williams, Henry Smith