Discovery of the Xray

In 1895 Wilhelm Rontgen published the first paper about x-rays. But was he really the first person to discover the existence of x-rays? That's what we explore in this video.
Many “Thank you”s go to Dr Adrian Thomas for his help with the research into the History of Xrays.
Resources used in this video and further reading:
On a new kind of ray:
www.xtal.iqfr.csic.es/Cristal...
English Translation
www.nature.com/articles/053274b0
First Radiograph:
By Wilhelm Röntgen - Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Francis Hauksbee.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis...
Physico-mechanical Experiments on Various Subjects:
archive.org/details/b30512839...
William Morgan.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
Electrical Experiments made in order to ascertain the non-conducting power of a perfect vacuum
archive.org/details/philtrans...
William Crookes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
By George Charles Beresford (1864-1938) - [1], Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Crookes W. On radiant matter a lecture delivered to the British
Association for the Advancement of Science, at Sheffield, Friday,
August 22, 1879; 1879.
Ivan Puluj
Puluj J. Strahlende Elektrodenmaterie und der sogenannte vierte
Aggregatzustand (Radiant electrode material and the so-called fourth state). Wien: Carl Gerold Sohn; 1883
commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
www.iucr.org/news/newsletter/...
commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/...
Tesla
Tesla N. On reflected Roentgen rays. Electrical Review New York 1896;28(14):171,174.
Tesla N. On the Roentgen streams. Electrical Review New York 1896;29(23):277.
Tesla N. Roentgen ray or streams. Electrical Review New York 1896;29(7):79,83.
Tesla N. On Roentgen radiations. Electrical Review New York 1896;28(15):183,186.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikol...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikol...
Development of Xray Imaging.
Glasser_1941_The Evolution of Dosimeters in Roentgen Ray Therapy
pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/37....
Schulz RA, Stein JA, Pelc NJ. How CT happened: the early development of medical computed tomography. J Med Imaging (Bellingham). 2021 Sep;8(5):052110. doi: 10.1117/1.JMI.8.5.052110
4d ct of lung
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:...
Cardiac ct
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Xray of chromosomes
www.diamond.ac.uk/Science/Res...
Xray image (photo 51) of DNA
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_5...
Xrays from black hole
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Xray image of Saturn
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...
Xrays from Pluto:
www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia21...

[@NicholsonNeisler-fz3gi]

Sounds like a good life mission. Nice discussion and very informative

[@trilliamnellis]

great video !

[@edwardsmith9644]

Good presentation! And it blinked.

[@DianeYoung-y6s]

Very interesting!!