...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 |
| 7136785 | Bolted joint statistical spreadsheet A system and method for statistically analyzing a structural member design is provided to obtain a probability that the structural design will meet predetermined design criteria. The present invention provides for numerous spreadsheets, interrelated by way of a macr... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6993565 | Service processor control system and computer-readable recording medium recording service processor control program Service processor control has enhanced versatility by delivering and maintaining component information with less labor and lower cost. A system includes a client storing component information on all hardware and firmware constituting a product (with the client conne... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6944828 | System and method for retrieving and editing the data structure of an HTML UI Control The present invention provides a system and method for retrieving and editing the data structure of a HTML UI Control, such as a treeview. The system and method have the capability to synchronize the data structure of a displayed HTML UI Control in a Web page with i... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6651108 | Method and apparatus for generating object-oriented world wide web pages In the present invention, HTML elements are mapped to objects in an object-oriented environment. Classes of objects are defined for each HTML element as well as the HTML document (or page). By providing a one-to-one mapping between each HTML element and o... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6638313 | Document stream operating system A document stream operating system and method is disclosed in which: (1) documents are stored in one or more chronologically ordered streams; (2) the location and nature of file storage is transparent to the user; (3) information is organized as needed in... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6433881 | Method of establishing a set of print stream objects in an object oriented environment The invention is a method for creating a print job object, in an object oriented development environment of a print stream processing system. The object creation function within the system is named which registers a class within the function and instantia... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6085205 | Calendar incorporating document retrieval interface A calendar-based user interface for electronically stored documents is provided by virtue of the present invention. Each document has an associated time. A calendar view is constructed including an icon representing a particular document. The icon is pres... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5970219 | Method of outputting page data in applications programs-integrating environment and an apparatus for the same The present invention provides a method of outputting page data representing a one-page image generated by an image-integrating applications program, upon condition that parts data generated by a link applications program are accurately reproduced and inc... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5815704 | Document filing apparatus and method having document registration, comparison and retrieval capabilities In a document filing apparatus, a file memory previously stores a plurality of documents including of line data, character data and image data. An image input section inputs a new document as image data. A character-line extraction section extracts line d... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5737599 | Method and apparatus for downloading multi-page electronic documents with hint information A method and apparatus for providing an optimized page-based electronic document file and downloading the optimized file. An optimized document file is created from a non-optimized electronic document. Page contents are contiguously written in the optimiz... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5708806 | Data processing system and method for generating a representation for and for representing electronically published structured documents A data processing system and method for generating a representation of an electronic document, for indexing the electronic document, for navigating the electronic document using its representation and for displaying the electronic document on an output de... | 01/13/1998 |