In the first twenty years following Roentgen's discovery, x-rays were used to treat soldiers fighting in the Boer war and those fighting in WWI, finding bone fractures and imbedded bullets. Much excitement surrounded the new technology, and x-ray machines started to appear as a wondrous curiosity in theatrical shows.
The discovery of radioactivity took place over several years beginning with the discovery of x-rays in 1895 by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen and continuing with such people as Henri Becquerel and the Curie family. The application of x-rays and radioactive materials is far reaching in medicine and industry.
In 1895, Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x rays using a Crookes Tube. However, in 1913, William Coolidge made improvements to the tube so today we use a Coolidge tube to produce x rays. The x ray tube is a part of the imaging system that is not seen by the technologists. That is because it is contained within a protective housing, making it.
X-rays and Uranium Rays. ARIE CURIE'S CHOICE of a thesis topic was influenced by two recent discoveries by other scientists. In December 1895, about six months after the Curies married, German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen discovered a kind of ray that could travel through solid wood or flesh and yield photographs of living people's bones.