Discovery of X-rays Flashcards

1
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Who discovered x-rays?

A

Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

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Roentgen’s birthday and birthplace

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March 27, 1845 in Lennep, Germany

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Roentgen’s father and his work

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Friedrich Conrad Roentgen, textile merchant

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4
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Roentgen’s wife

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Bertha Ludwig

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5
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Roentgen’s profession

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Rector at the University of Wurzburg, continued working in the Physics department

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6
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When and where was x-ray discovered?

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November 8, 1895

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7
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What was Roentgen been experimenting with when he discovered x-ray?

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Cathode rays

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8
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Where was the glow coming from when Roentgen was experimenting?

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Barium platinocyanide

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9
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One of the first notable radiographic image

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Bertha Ludwig’s hand with a ring

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10
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When was Roentgen’s first report to the Wurzburg Physico- Medical Society

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December 28,1895

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What was the title of Roentgen’s first report to the Wurzburg Physico- Medical Society

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On a New Kind of Rays

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12
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When was Roentgen’s first public lecture on x-rays

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January 1896

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13
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When and where did Roentgen receive the first Nobel Prize in Physics?

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Stockholm, 1901

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14
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When did Roentgen die? What was the cause?

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Feb 10, 1923 (colon cancer)

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15
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He was the first casualty of x-ray (Radiation dermatitis)

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Clarence Dolly

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16
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Dolly was said to be the assistant of –

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Thomas Edison

17
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Dolly’s death gave birth to —

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Radio biology