The story of their discovery is a fascinating
one of incredible chance.
In 1895, German physicist
Wilhelm Roentgen
was performing a routine experiment involving cathode rays,
when he noticed that a piece of fluorescent cardboard was lighting up from across the room.
A thick screen had been placed between his cathode emitter and the radiated cardboard, proving that particles of light were passing through solid objects. Amazed, Roentgen quickly found that brilliant images could be produced with this incredible radiation—the first of their kind being a skeletal image of his wife's hand.
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