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The British Journal of Radiology, Vol 68, Issue 815 1145-1176, Copyright © 1995 by British Institute of Radiology

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Invited review: Rontgen and the discovery of X-rays

RF Mould

This review celebrates the events of 100 years ago to the month of publication of this November 1995 issue of the British Journal of Radiology, when X-rays were discovered by Rontgen (8 November 1895) and he was working in his laboratory leading up to his 28 December 1895 communication "On a new kind of ray". Biographical details of Rontgen are given, together with his work in Wurzburg before the discovery and popular and scientific opinion in the immediate months after the world first learned of the existence of X-rays. Some of Rontgen's apparatus is illustrated, accompanied by typical advertisements of 1896-1897. Where appropriate I have included information related to the UK, concerning, for example, Sir Arthur Schuster and Lord Kelvin; there is also a mention of the Rontgen Society, the forerunner of today's British Institute of Radiology.




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