Amf physical science power point wilhelm conrad röntgen
- 1. WILHELM CONRAD RÖNTGEN Born: 27 March 1845, Lennep (now Remscheid), Prussia (now Germany) Died: 10 February 1923, Munich, Germany
- 2. Röntgen was married to Anna Bertha Ludwig and had one child, Josephine Bertha Ludwig. Adopted at age 6, in 1887, she was the daughter of Anna's brother.
- 3. In 1895, while experimenting with electric current flow in a cathode-ray tube, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen observed that a nearby piece of barium platinocyanide gave off light when the tube was in operation. In view of its uncertain nature, he called the phenomenon X-radiation (also Röntgen radiation). He took the first X-ray photographs: interiors of metal objects and of the bones in his wife's hand.
- 5. I N 1 8 7 5 H E B E C A M E A P RO F E S S O R AT T H E AC A D E M Y O F AG R I C U LT U R E AT H O H E N H E I M , W Ü R T T E M B E RG. RÖ N T G E N H A D FA M I LY I N I OWA I N T H E U N I T E D S TAT E S A N D AT O N E T I M E P L A N N E D T O E M I G R AT E . A LT H O U G H H E AC C E P T E D A N A P P O I N T M E N T AT C O L U M B I A U N I V E R S I T Y I N N E W YO R K C I T Y A N D H A D AC T UA L LY P U RC H A S E D T R A N S AT L A N T I C T I C K E T S, T H E O U T B R E A K O F WO R L D WA R I C H A N G E D H I S P L A N S A N D H E R E M A I N E D I N M U N I C H F O R T H E R E S T O F H I S C A R E E R .
- 6. RON T G E N’ S D ISCOVE RY OCCURRE D ACCIDE NTAL LY IN HIS WURZBURG, GERMANY, LAB, W HE RE HE WAS T E ST IN G WHE THE R CATHODE RAY S COUL D PASS THROUGH GL ASS WHE N HE NOTICE D A GL OW COMING FROM A NEARBY CHEMICALLY COATED SCRE E N. HE DUBBE D THE RAY S THAT CAUSE D THIS GL OW X -RAY S BE CAUSE OF THE IR UNK NOWN NATURE .
- 9. WHAT HIS DISCOVERY DID: His discovery of x-rays was a great revolution in the fields of physics and medicine and electrified the general public. It also earned him the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society of London in 1896 and the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. He is also known for his discoveries in mechanics, heat, and electricity.
- 10. Röntgen died at Munich on February 10, 1923, from carcinoma of the intestine. SOME AWARD RONTGEN WON: Rumford Medal (1896) Matteucci Medal (1896) Elliott Cresson Medal (1897) Nobel Prize for Physics (1901)
- 11. WILHELM CONRAD RÖNTGEN WAS A NOBEL- WINNING GERMAN SCIENTIST WHO IS CREDITED WITH THE DISCOVERY OF X-RAYS.