American National Standards Institute: Scanning Through Standards on the 125th Anniversary of the 'Accidental' X-Ray
August 11, 2020
August 11, 2020
NEW YORK, Aug. 11 -- The American National Standards Institute issued the following news release:
This year marks 125 years since the accidental discovery of the X-ray, when Wilhelm Rontgen, a German physicist, successfully produced a ray that was capable of passing through most substances. In the years after the discovery, doctors first used X-rays to diagnose gunshot wounds and bone fractures. While Rontgen went on to earn the first Nobel Prize in physics for his efforts in 1901, . . .
This year marks 125 years since the accidental discovery of the X-ray, when Wilhelm Rontgen, a German physicist, successfully produced a ray that was capable of passing through most substances. In the years after the discovery, doctors first used X-rays to diagnose gunshot wounds and bone fractures. While Rontgen went on to earn the first Nobel Prize in physics for his efforts in 1901, . . .