...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 |
| 7156262 | Sanitary fill valve assembly with adjustable flow regulator A sanitary fill head and sanitary fill head assembly for dispensing viscous flowable materials including a housing having an inlet passage for receiving the viscous flowable material and an outlet passage from which the viscous flowable material is dispensed, a prod... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6910313 | System and apparatus for an automated container filling production line An automated container production line or automatically removing, orienting, filling, sealing and providing a label and applying a straw to the outside of the labeled container is provided which utilizes a novel orienting conveyor for receiving unoriented containers... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6886789 | Foldable stand stabilizer device A novel rotatable stabilizing device is provided for stabilizing foldable legs of ironing boards, keyboard stands legs of ironing boards, keyboard stands and the like on various types of floor surfaces by providing at least two different stabilizing surfaces along t... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6837282 | Apparatus for filling containers with viscous liquid food products An apparatus for filling containers with viscous food product includes a plurality of pressure/vacuum fill head positioned above a plurality of containers. Each fill head includes a housing enclosing a plenum through which is longitudinally disposed a valve stem hav... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6780445 | System and method for making enhanced cheese A system and method for making an enhanced cheese product includes a milk processing system for developing cheese curd, and a mixing means which mixes the cheese curd and the enhancing agent. By applying negative pressure to a mixture of cheese curd and enhancing ag... | 08/24/2004 |