Röntgen
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Julius 1855–1932, Dutch pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
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Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, Wilhelm Konrad.
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Example Sentences
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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-rays while studying electrical currents flowing through glass tubes.
From Science Daily
It wasn’t until 1895 that a physicist named Wilhelm Röntgen tried something new: He put the hand of his wife, Anna, between a cathode-ray tube and a photographic plate.
From New York Times
If, for Anna Röntgen and Hans Castorp, the X-ray produced something that was undeniably and terrifyingly their own body, I was having the opposite experience.
From New York Times
Despite this rejection, Röntgen later donated his Nobel Prize money to the University of Würzburg.
From Nature
Röntgen’s academic career had a less-than-propitious start.
From Nature
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