...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 |
| 4359106 | Agricultural implement for building irrigation flow channels The rowbucker apparatus for scraping and extending berm areas adjacent an irrigation ditch. The rowbucker comprises a frame that is towable by a tractor and supports a rotor for rotation. A tramper or trip mechanism is provided to engage the moldboard sur... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4323136 | Movement stopping safety device for agricultural machine An agricultural machine has at least one movable tool, such as a cultivating rotor, mower or raking member, spreader disc, or other driven member such as a tractor wheel or freely rotatable roller, which parts are interrupted in movement by a protective m... | 04/06/1982 |