Roentgen ray
noun
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Roentgen ray
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roentgen ray
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noun
Etymology
Origin of Roentgen ray
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Photographs similar to those produced by the Roentgen ray tube and induction coil can be got by means of the emanations from a small quantity of radium.
From The Life Radiant by Whiting, Lilian
Nothing could more vividly bear out this gentleman than contemplation of the possibilities of the Roentgen ray.
From Peeps at People by Holliday, Robert Cortes
What miracles are wireless telegraphy, flying-machines, the Roentgen ray!
From Unicorns by Huneker, James
Were it possible to probe the recesses of cerebration by some psychological process as searching as the Roentgen ray, many strange beliefs would be dragged from secret chambers sedulously guarded, where mental fetiches are worshipped.
From A Speckled Bird by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans
Even the Roentgen ray apparatus has quickly won its way, and psychotherapy is less expensive.
From Psychotherapy by Münsterberg, Hugo
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