Julius 1855–1932, Dutch pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, Wilhelm Konrad.
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"There has been an intense debate about the origin of the strange properties of water for over a century since the early work of Wolfgang Röntgen," explains Anders Nilsson.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026
It wasn’t until 1895 that a physicist named Wilhelm Röntgen tried something new: He put the hand of his wife, Anna, between a cathode-ray tube and a photographic plate.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
At first, he had no idea why, but he soon learned that a physicist in Germany, Wilhelm Röntgen, had accidentally discovered that Crookes tubes emit mysterious penetrating rays.
From Slate ● May 4, 2016
And hadn’t he offered Röntgen advice about constructing the cathode-ray tube used for this discovery, which Röntgen didn’t even have the good grace to acknowledge?
From Scientific American ● Feb. 13, 2015
The Spectrum Analysis that tells us of the substance of the sun; the Röntgen rays that change the opaque to the transparent.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Ingersoll, Robert Green
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