...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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| 7553829 | Treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia syndrome Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) can be treated by the administration of Δ5-androstene-3β-ol-7,17 dione and metabolizable precursors thereof. ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7199116 | Method of modulating the basal metabolic rate of a dieting mammal by administration of a metabolic modulating agent to the dieting mammal Modulating the metabolism of a dieting mammal by administering to the dieting mammal the metabolic modulating agent 7-oxo DHEA or a pro-drug thereof incapable of in vivo conversion to testosterone. ... | 04/03/2007 |