...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5528286 | Telecommunication system for transmitting full motion video An improved telecommunication system is provided which allows the transmission of full motion color video, voice and data over a communications link formed of a twisted pair of wires of the type currently utilized only for voice and data communications. T... | 06/18/1996 |