History and the evolution of X-rays

William Crookes - Invents a Crookes Tube

Sep 1, 1875

RecordTitle:William Crookes and the Quest for Absolute Vacuum in the 1870s (Academic Journal)

1895, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen - Discovers the X-rays

Sep 1, 1895

William Rontgen Biography

First use of X-rays under clinical conditions was by John Hall-Edwards in Birmingham

Jan 11, 1896

Great Lives from History: Inventors & Inventions John Hall-Edwards in Birmingham, England, radiographed a needle stuck in the hand of an associate.

John Ambrose Flemingohn Ambrose Fleming invented the thermionic diode, the first kind of a vacuum tube.

Sep 8, 1904

Sir Ambrose Fleming Biography

John Hall-Edwards had to have his left arm amputated owing to the spread of X-ray dermatitis

Sep 1, 1908

Major John Hall-Edwards Biography

Coolidge tubes, completely replaced the troublesome cold cathode tubes by about 1920

Jan 1, 1920

X-ray Wiki Page

Paul Kirkpatrick invented the first X-ray microscope

Jan 1, 1948

Paul Kirkpatrick biography

Godfrey N. Hounsfield invented the first CT Scan

Sep 1, 1972

Godfrey N. Hounsfield Biography

The Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched allowing X-ray space exploration

Jul 23, 1999

Chandra Observatory