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  • noun German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923)

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Examples

  • I'm still trying to find this out, since these lecture notes mentioned the strength in rem, which is an old-fashioned unit of measurement, and I don't know that it is specific in wavelength, but relates to rontgen radiation, which this doesn't appear to be, and if it is, I have no idea where it would becoming from.

    mikandra: crap and duh mikandra 2010

  • Refer to the article by jj thomson "on the discharge of electricity produced by the rontgen rays, and the effects produced by these rays on dielectrics through which they pass" at the royalsocietypublishing. org I believe that Tesla was charging his insulated plate in patent

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Thread found here www. energeticforum.com Found missing info from Tesla Radiant Energy Patent Refer to the article by jj thomson "on the discharge of electricity produced by the rontgen rays, and the effects produced by these rays on dielectrics through which they pass" at the royalsocietypublishing. org I believe that Tesla was charging his insulated plate in patent 685957 using an electrophorus (negative static charge) static prior to connecting to the rest of the circuit.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

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