Max von Laue receives the Nobel Prize for physics, for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays on crystals Henry Moseley establishes the relation between atomic number and the specific X-ray wavelength of elements ( Moseley's law) which is the fundament of X-ray fluorescence spectroscopyīragg, father and son, build an X-ray spectrometer Müller Röntgenwerk'īarkla and Sadler discover characteristic X-ray radiationĭiscovery of the principle of X-ray diffraction by von Laue, Friedrich, and Knipping

At this convention the famous anatomist and privy councillor Rudolf Albert von Koelliker suggested to call X-rays 'Roentgenstrahlen' (the term used in german language today).ĭevelopement of water-cooled anodes for X-ray tubes by 'C.H.F. Röntgen invited by the 'Physikalisch-medizinische Gesellschaft Würzburg' (physical-medical association) on 'Über eine neue Art von Strahlen' (On a New Kind of Rays). Röntgen: 'Über eine neue Art von Strahlen' (On a New Kind of Rays) at the 'Physikalisch-medizinische Gesellschaft Würzburg' (physical-medical association)įirst public talk of W. Röntgen called them 'X-Strahlen'.Īpplication for publication of W. November 1895 in the former 'Physikalischen Institut der Universität Würzburg'. The table below will give a short time table of the history of X-ray optics.īirth of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in Remscheid-Lennepĭiscovery of X-rays in the late evening of Friday, 8.

Since then the number of applications and methods using X-rays have increased tremendously. Shortly after Conrad Röntgen had detected the first human made 'X-Strahlen', X-rays where used for medical imaging purposes. In the history of physics, X-rays are a quite recent discovery.

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