did-you-know:X-rays were discovered by accident. While experimenting with cathode rays covered by th
did-you-know:X-rays were discovered by accident. While experimenting with cathode rays covered by thick cardboard in 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen noticed a light being cast on a fluorescent board across the room. The first X-ray was of the hand of his wife, who saw the image of her bones and exclaimed ‘I have seen my death!’So he named them X-rays, using an ‘X’ to represent their mysterious nature. (Source, Source 2, Source 3) -- source link
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