History of X-Rays

What were x-rays used for in the late 40s-50s?

shoe fitting

When was shoe fitting banned?

early 70s

When were x-rays discovered?

November 8, 1895

Who discovered X-rays

Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

Where did Roentgen work?

University of Wurzburg, Germany

The name X-ray came from

x from the unknown

ray from the ray coming out of the tube

What was the tube named?

"Crooke's Tube"

Who was the tube named after?

Sir William Crookes

How was the tube made?

glass w/ an anode and cathode end attached to an electrical source

Who was the first radiograph done on?

Roentgen's wife, Anna's hand

What was the paper Roentgen wrote called and when was it wrote?

- "On a New Kind of Ray"

- December 1895

When was Roentgen honored a Nobel Prize?

1901 in physics

T/F Roentgen patented his discovery

False

When did Roentgen die and how?

February 10th, 1923 of Colon Cancer

When did Thomas Edison develop fluoroscopy?

1896

What the chemical was called on the screen that emitted light during the discovery of x-rays?

Barium Platinocyanide