Wilhelm Röntgen EmilyAnne Hart Wilhelm Röntgen won many awards including the first Nobel Prize in Physics. He was the first scientist to win the prize in 1901. He studied under many worldwide known scientists, most from Germany. He is mostly known for his discoveries in electricity, mechanics, and heat. Wilhelm Röntgen was born and lived Germany, had many discoveries, and accidentally made the discovery of the x-rays. Röntgen was born in Germany in 1845 and was an only child. Röntgen grew up in the Netherlands after his family moved there in 1848. He received his early education at a boarding school. Then in 1861 he attended Utrecht Technical School, but in 1863 he was expelled for some prank that he did not do. Even though he was not gifted in schoolwork he was good at making mechanical objects. In 1865 he entered into the University of Utrecht even though he did not have the right criteria to get …show more content…
Then in 1870 his first discovers were published in heat and gases. He then discovered the phenomenon of the ability to occupy less space of water by the spreading of oil drops on water. When he accidentally placed a piece of fluorescent mineral covered cardboard near his experimental set he noticed when the cathode ray was turned on the cardboard started to glow in the dark. He then intentionally did an experiment on this miraculous discovery. Röntgen used a vacuum tube that is used in a cathode ray that was covered tightly with a thin black piece of cardboard and placed it in a dark room. As a discharge on a screen covered with fluorescent barium platinum cyanide, which was placed near the device, he recorded the bright glow. He found out that the fluorescence happened by an agent which could infiltrate from within the vacuum tube. This was impermeable to visible or ultraviolet radiation. He named the agent as x-rays or Röntgen rays. He then found out that x-rays could pass through solid
Thomas Nast was born in a city named Landau in Germany on September 27, 1840. Thomas Nast and his family had moved to New York when he was six years old. When they arrived to New York, Thomas Nast and his sister was enrolled in a public school. He was struggling in adjusting at school and one of the reasons was unable to speak English properly. He was always into drawings as he was doodling most of the time. At twelve years old, he managed to convince his parents about quitting
In 1895, the first ever Radiologist Technician was discovered. He took the very first x-ray with a machine he built. His very first x-ray was of his wife's hand. This great man's name was Wilhem Conrad Roentgon. He also discovered what the light was called that was able to pass through a part of the body known as the X-ray.
He always took a scientific approach to everything but he didn 't see it as such. He wasn 't aware the he was inventing. He was just trying to figure out solutions to his problems. During His first experiment he didn 't even realize that he would be labeled as an inventor. Again, he was just finding a solution to anything that
He started to gather manuscripts from the House of Scholars very secretly. He then experimented in the tunnel that was secret, only his friend and himself knew. The experiments that he did in the tunnel lead to the discovery of the light bulb. He wanted to present his idea to the Council of Scholars but they didn’t like the idea for multiple reasons. He did not belong the the House Scholars, ideas that that are individually created don’t exist, and many other scholars came up with ideas that were also
Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) succeeded in splitting the uranium atom and the Nobel Committee later awarded him the 1938 prize for physics. At Columbia
He changed the cardboard covering and then used a black cardboard covering, which seemed to work better to his advantage. He set up his experiment again, going through the process all over again. Roentgen saw a light gleaming from the tube. He did that process more times, just to see if the gleaming light was there each time. The gleaming light was now being shown on the black cardboard screen. This was his creation, the x-rays.
When this problem was brought to the attention of a certain French scientist and mathematician, Blaise Pascal, he and Otto von Guericke did several experiments with suction which eventually led to the discovery of the vacuum. This discovery of the vacuum led to the discovery of something we live with every single day, electricity. The discovery of electricity was due to another French astronomer, Jean Picard, who was carrying a mercury-filled barometer back to his observatory. What is now known as “Barometric light” was the astounding glow that was coming from the barometer as Jean Picard was carrying it, he later discovers it was his hand rubbing against the glass that had caused such a reaction to happen within the tube. This discovery had taken europe by storm as an “Electricity Craze” spread across europe as well, giving birth to many early static electricity machines to see what it could do to the human body. Further investigation into the abilities of electricity led to the first known battery, consisting of wires, metal tools, and a jar of water, which they learned had the properties to hold an electrical
The discovery of x-rays revolutionized the entire medical profession, and provided a basis for diagnostic radiology. The x-ray showed the internal structures of the human body, without having to resort to surgery. Roentgen’s discovery of x-rays was a discovery that would benefit mankind for years.
Rontgen was born on March 27, 1845. Wilhelm was a German Physicist. He was also the first person to detect electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range, today known as x-rays. Rontgen earned the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society of London in 1896 and the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. People also know him for his discoveries such as electricity, mechanics, and heat.Rontgen was born on March 27, 1845. Wilhelm was a German Physicist. He was also the first person to detect electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range, today known as x-rays. Rontgen earned the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society of London in 1896 and the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. People also know him for his discoveries such as electricity, mechanics, and
His discovery to radioactivity helped a lot of other scientists. If Henri hadn't discovered it Ernest Rutherford
I was so excited to wake up today. It is the year 1903. All of my difficult work has finally paid off! Today is the day I will receive a Nobel Prize. It's not only me who is being awarded this prestigious prize. My husband, Pierre Curie, and my colleague, Antoine-Henri Becquerel, are sharing this prize with me as well. Sadly, my husband or I cannot attend due to the fact that we are too sick.
After constant testing and practice he became successful at creating underwater welding in 1932. Many people were enthused about the idea that two scientists wrote two articles about his accomplishments. The Navy
X-rays were discovered by accident in 1895 by the German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen. Roentgen was already an accomplished scientist with forty-eight published papers. He had a reputation among the scientific community as a dedicated scientist with precise experimental methods. Roentgen had been conducting experiments at the University of Wurzburg on the effect of cathode-rays on the luminescence of certain chemicals. Roentgen had placed a cathode-ray tube, which is a partially evacuated glass tube with metal electrodes at each end, in a black cardboard box in his darkened laboratory. He sent electricity through the cathodre-ray tube and noticed something strange his laboratory. He saw a flash of light
He named this new discovery “X-Ray” because x is the term for an unknown number in mathematics. It was later called “Roentgen Rays” although changed back to “X-Ray”. With his new discovery, he found that the rays would travel through human tissue, but leave a shadow of bone and metal behind. One of his first experiments was on his wife Bertha’s hand with a ring on her finger in 1895.
He discovered X-rays by taking a fluorescent light bulb tube, removing all of the air, and then filling it with a special gas. He then passes high electric voltage through this tube making it give off a fluorescent glow. Roentgen then covered the tube with black paper ran the same electrical current through it. He noticed a barium coated screen across the lab glowing. Realizing that the tube was emitting invisible light or a ray, and the ray could pass through most objects he ran more experiments. He named with new ray “X-ray” because in math X is used to indicate an unknown quantity. Roentgen then went on to receive the first Nobel Prize in physics in