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Meanings of Rontgen in English

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

        Usage of Rontgen in English
        1
        The Rontgen rays need not hurt the patient; and spectrum analysis involves no destruction.
        The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors
        2
        No, not these Rontgen vibrations- Idon'tknow that these others of mine have been described.
        The Invisible Man
        3
        Everyone has been waiting for this work to give full information of Professor Rontgen's marvellous discovery.
        Klondyke Nuggets / A Brief Description of the Great Gold Regions...
        4
        The third element (in the order of classification) consists of waves analogous to the Rontgen rays.
        The Story of Evolution
        5
        In 1895 Rontgen drew closer attention to the Crookes tube by discovering the rays which he called X-rays, but which now bear his name.
        The Story of Evolution
        6
        Whence come the X-rays, Rontgen rays, and other light rays with their adaptability to human suffering, if they come not from this same electro-magnetic medium?
        Aether and Gravitation
        Frequent collocations
        Rontgen through the time