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Infrared
William Herschel, 1800
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UV Rays
Johann Wilhelm Ritter, 1801
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Microwaves
Predicted by James Clerk Maxwell, 1864

Proven by Heinrich Hertz, 1888

Microwave made by Percy Spencer, 1947
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Radio Waves
Predicted by Maxwell, 1867

Proven by Hertz, 1887

(same ppl as Microwaves)
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X-Rays
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, 1895
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Gamma Rays
Paul Villard, 1900

Marie and Pierre Curie are credited, 1895

Ernest Rutherford named it