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

Clearly this was the manifestation of a property heretofore unknown in any natural substance, and was strikingly similar to the action of the Roentgen rays.

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

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)

A few years ago when many distinguished scientists celebrated in Berlin the discovery of the Roentgen rays, Mr. Roentgen himself was not present.

From How to Study and Teaching How to Study by McMurry, Frank M. (Frank Morton)

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