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- Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays in 1895 while experimenting with cathode rays. He noticed a fluorescent screen glowing in his laboratory from cathode rays generated in a nearby Crookes tube, farther than expected. - Roentgen spent six weeks studying this phenomenon alone in his lab. On December 28, 1895 he presented his discovery of X-rays, which could penetrate and photograph bones, to the Würzburg Physico-Medical Society. News of the discovery then spread rapidly around the world. - The discovery of

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Shi Kin Lau

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