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 John Andreas Widtsoe
Whether the Roentgen rays are really a form of light—that is, a form of "electro-magnetic disturbance propagated through ether," is not fully determined.
From A History of Science — Volume 3 by Henry Smith Williams
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 Henry Smith Williams
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 Charles R. (Charles Robert) Gibson
I must tell you of my own experiences in connection with these X-rays, which I hear some men describe also as Roentgen rays.
From Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion by Charles R. (Charles Robert) Gibson
