View asset onlyWilhelm Roentgen, German PhysicistWilhelm Konrad Roentgen (1845-1923), German experimental physicist and discoverer of X-rays. While using a discharge tube (in which an electric discharge is passed through a gas at low pressure) in a darkened room, Roentgen noticed that a card coated with barium platinocyanide glowed when the tube was switched on. The effect was not blocked by an intervening wall, or even a thin sheet of metal. Roentgen termed this newly discovered phenomenon X-ray radiation, and suggested that it consisted of electromagnetic rays with a shorter wavelength than light. He was awarded the first Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901.IdentifierAKG5440751SourceScience SourceCredit lineakg-images / Science SourceTime Period19TH CENTURY20TH CENTURYTopicDISCOVERYEXPERIMENTFIGUREHISTORYMANNOBEL PRIZENOBEL PRIZE WINNERNOTABLEPERSONPHYSICSSCIENTISTX-RAYX-RAYSPersonWILHELM CONRAD ROENTGENTechniquePHOTOGRAPHSize3136px × 5019px (45 MB) 26.5 cm × 42.4 cm @ 300 dpiRestrictionsNo model release.Non-editorial use may require 3rd party clearances; please contact your sales representativeAdd to lightbox: 'My First Lightbox'Add to cartDownloadRelated Selections:Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (1845 - 1923)
