Roentgen rays
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The former are produced by the high tension electric apparatus, which we have described in the chapter relating to wireless telegraphy; and the latter, called also the Roentgen rays, are generated by the Crookes' Tube.
From Electricity for Boys by Zerbe, James Slough
The X- or Roentgen rays have been mentioned several times.
From Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy by Widtsoe, John Andreas
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
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
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
