Roentgen rays

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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

Luckily, not even Roentgen rays could discover what a store of drawings, charts, and fortress plans I keep in my memory.

From The Coming Conquest of England by Niemann, August

The pure search for truth and knowledge was not lowered when the electrical waves were harnessed for wireless telegraphy, or the Roentgen rays were forced into the service of surgery.

From Psychology and Industrial Efficiency by Münsterberg, Hugo

Beyond eight hundred vibrations there is plenty of light, invisible to our eyes, known as chemical rays and probably the Roentgen rays.

From Among the Forces by Warren, Henry White

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 Williams, Henry Smith