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Roentgen

noun
1.
A unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air.  Synonym: R.
2.
German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923).  Synonyms: Rontgen, Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen.



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"Roentgen" Quotes from Famous Books



... herself, and much more energetically if not more sincerely, for it seemed that the agent had not been able to learn anything about her trunk, and was unwilling even to prophesy concerning it. Gaites left him to question at her hands, which struck him as combining all the searching effects of a Roentgen-ray examination and the earlier procedure with the rack; and he wandered off, in a habit which he seemed to have formed, toward ...
— A Pair of Patient Lovers • William Dean Howells

... cloth, probably a part of an old waistcoat of his father's, which had been used as a sort of filling. In the presence of such a statement there was only one thing left to be done: to examine the interior of the bust. First of all it was subjected to the Roentgen rays, the result being to show that the interior was not homogeneous. A few days after, there was a great gathering of experts at the Museum, a hole was cut in the wax at the back of the bust, a bent wire was introduced, and ...
— William of Germany • Stanley Shaw

... the notions of Galileo and Darwin also subverting?" asked Fowler. "Is there anything sacred in error? If we are wrong in our theories about the universe, let's correct them. You do not stand out against wireless telegraphy or the Roentgen ray?" ...
— The Shadow World • Hamlin Garland

... "Now Roentgen, the discoverer of the X-ray, observed that if X-rays are allowed to enter the eye of an observer who is in complete darkness, the retina receives a stimulus, and light is perceived, due to the fluorescent action of the ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 • Various

... affairs, since neither John nor any other person breathed a word to her about them. And yet she knew, by certain vibrations in the social atmosphere as mysterious and disconcerting as those discovered by Roentgen in the physical, that disaster, after having been repelled, was returning from afar. Money flowed through the house as usual; nevertheless often, as she drove about Bursley, consciously exciting the envy and ...
— Leonora • Arnold Bennett

... Roentgen, recommended also by Blumenbach, undertook to penetrate into the interior of Africa by way of Morocco. He was described as possessing an unblemished character, ardent zeal in the cause, with great strength both of mind and body. Like Horneman, he made himself ...
— Lander's Travels - The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa • Robert Huish



Words linked to "Roentgen" :   Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, radioactivity unit, r, Rontgen, physicist, roentgen ray, Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen



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