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 Roentgen's Most Famous Discovery  

William was famous for his discoveries of the x-rays. He discovered these rays accidentally while investigating the external effects from the various types of vacuum tube experiement. He discovered these rays on Friday November 8 1895. He covered the the Hittorf-Crookes tube with black cardboard and attached electrodes to a Ruhmkorff Coil to generate an electrostatic charge. He darkend his room and set up a barium platinocyanide screen. After he fiddled around with this new experiment he discovered a faint shimmering and speculated a new kind of ray that had to be responsible for this. He slept and ate in his lab for weeks trying to figure out everything there was to know about these new rays he discovered which he called x-rays. Later on the became known as Rontgen rays. Nearly two weeks later he took a x-ray of this wifes hand (above) she stated “ I have seen my death!” home