Marvels of the new Rontgen Rays 1899

Title : Marvels of the new Rontgen Rays 1899  
Author : H Snowden Ward
Source : Windsor Magazine
Year Published : 1900
Page Count : 14
Image Count : 16
Word Count : 5,206
File Size in MB : 7.1
File Type : PDF

"An enterprising newspaper correspondent caught at the matter, and the world was electrified with stories of how a German professor could photograph through a deal board, and take a picture of the skeleton within the living flesh. In three or four days Professor Rontgen’s name was immortal, and in as many weeks the few Englishmen who had succeeded in repeating his results were overwhelmed with queries, with requests for lectures, demonstrations, and assistance generally, and with all the other worries that come to the man who is suddenly popular.

Konrad W. Rontgen is a native of the little Prussian town of Lennep, where he was born just fifty-one years ago. In 1870, after completing his military service, he became..."