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== The wonderful new light of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen<br> --"Now the fun begins" ==
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== The wonderful new light of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen<br> -- "Now the fun begins" ==
  
[http://www.noah.org/science/x-ray/polaroid/index.html Polaroid x-ray machine]
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[[Polaroid_X-ray_Machine|Polaroid X-ray Machine]]
 
Why build when you can buy? There are still a few cool things you can find on eBay; although, I couldn't find an unlicensed nuclear accelerator.
 
Why build when you can buy? There are still a few cool things you can find on eBay; although, I couldn't find an unlicensed nuclear accelerator.
  
[http://www.noah.org/science/x-ray/stong/ X-ray Machine]
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[http://www.noah.org/science/x-ray/art/ x-ray art]
An Inexpensive X-ray Machine
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My favorite pictures that I have taken.
The Scientific American Book of Projects for The Amateur Scientist
 
Copyright © 1960 by C. L. Stong
 
  
 
[http://www.noah.org/science/x-ray/detector/ x-ray detector]
 
[http://www.noah.org/science/x-ray/detector/ x-ray detector]
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[[CAT_scanner|Noah's CAT Scanning Notes]]
 
[[CAT_scanner|Noah's CAT Scanning Notes]]
 
Next I want to build a CAT scanner. I think it's doable right in my garage...
 
Next I want to build a CAT scanner. I think it's doable right in my garage...
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[[An_Inexpensive_X-ray_Machine|An Inexpensive X-ray Machine]]
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The Scientific American Book of Projects for The Amateur Scientist
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Copyright © 1960 by C. L. Stong
  
 
[http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/tomography/auto_rib_cage.html CAT Scan]
 
[http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/tomography/auto_rib_cage.html CAT Scan]
 
A good description, but requires crappy Java plugin.
 
A good description, but requires crappy Java plugin.
 
[http://www.noah.org/science/x-ray/art/ x-ray art]
 
My favorite pictures that I have taken.
 
  
 
[http://www.belljar.net/xray.htm Generating X-rays with Receiving Tubes]
 
[http://www.belljar.net/xray.htm Generating X-rays with Receiving Tubes]
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A nice history of x-rays
 
A nice history of x-rays
  
In 1895, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen's discovery of x-rays in this laboratory revolutionized science and medicine but did you know that x-rays may have been produced by William Morgan, a Welsh mathematician, more than a century before Roentgen's discovery?
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In 1895, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen's discovery of x-rays in this laboratory revolutionized science and medicine but did you know that x-rays may have been produced by William Morgan, a Welsh mathematician, more than a century before Roentgen's discovery? In 1785, Morgan was conducting experiments on electrical discharges in a vacuum when he noted that "according to the length of time during which the mercury was boiled, the 'electric' light turned violet, then purple, then a beautiful green...and then the light became invisible." Morgan's experiment was witnessed by American diplomat Benjamin Franklin, a fellow investigator in electrical phenomena.
 
 
In 1785, Morgan was conducting experiments on electrical discharges in a vacuum when he noted that "according to the length of time during which the mercury was boiled, the 'electric' light turned violet, then purple, then a beautiful green...and then the light became invisible." Morgan's experiment was witnessed by American diplomat Benjamin Franklin, a fellow investigator in electrical phenomena.
 
  
 
== Danger! Danger! ==
 
== Danger! Danger! ==

Latest revision as of 07:01, 24 November 2008

The wonderful new light of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
-- "Now the fun begins"

Polaroid X-ray Machine Why build when you can buy? There are still a few cool things you can find on eBay; although, I couldn't find an unlicensed nuclear accelerator.

x-ray art My favorite pictures that I have taken.

x-ray detector a simple, home-built detector for measuring x-ray leakage and minimum safe distances from an x-ray source. Special components require only some zinc sulfide (ZnS) crystals and a photodetector.

Noah's CAT Scanning Notes Next I want to build a CAT scanner. I think it's doable right in my garage...

An Inexpensive X-ray Machine The Scientific American Book of Projects for The Amateur Scientist Copyright © 1960 by C. L. Stong

CAT Scan A good description, but requires crappy Java plugin.

Generating X-rays with Receiving Tubes This article, which describes the experiments of Bob Templeman of Chicago, IL, is from the Bell Jar (electronic version) No. 2 (October 1994), which was condensed from material originally presented in Volume 3, Numbers 1 & 2 (Winter & Spring 1994) of the Bell Jar.

Steven N. Meyers art x-ray photography

Bert Myers More x-rays. Not to be confused with Meyers with two e's.

Albert C. Koetsier

This is a very cool art book: X=T: The Art of X-Ray Photography

x-ray history A nice history of x-rays

In 1895, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen's discovery of x-rays in this laboratory revolutionized science and medicine but did you know that x-rays may have been produced by William Morgan, a Welsh mathematician, more than a century before Roentgen's discovery? In 1785, Morgan was conducting experiments on electrical discharges in a vacuum when he noted that "according to the length of time during which the mercury was boiled, the 'electric' light turned violet, then purple, then a beautiful green...and then the light became invisible." Morgan's experiment was witnessed by American diplomat Benjamin Franklin, a fellow investigator in electrical phenomena.

Danger! Danger!

Search Google for, "dangers of x-rays". Also interesting: X Rays and the Radioactive Workplace