Roentgen rays

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First of all it was subjected to the Roentgen rays, the result being to show that the interior was not homogeneous.

From William of Germany by Shaw, Stanley

The third are very penetrating rays, which are not deflected by electricity and which are seemingly identical with Roentgen rays.

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

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 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

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