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Wilhelm Roentgen
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X-rays
Roentgen was kicked out of technical school as a teenager after being falsely accused of drawing a caricature of a teacher. A physicist who preferred to work alone and make most of his equipment, he discovered x-rays in 1895.
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X-rays Discovered by German Physicist Wilhelm Roentgen
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Lethal Tumor Discovered in the X-rays of a Heart Attack Victim.
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Fluoroscope
is used for
Using X-rays to Examine Internal Structure of Opaque Object
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Scientific Instruments
Qualimeter
is used for
Measuring the Penetrating Power of X-rays
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Radioscope
is used for
Viewing Objects Using X-rays
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Tomograph
is used for
Viewing Section of an Object Using X-rays
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