...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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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090200344 | TORSO A torso, around which clothes can be wound, includes a curved incision on the backface. Preferably, an elastic member is provided at least on the periphery of the incision. The torso may also include a first opening on the backface, an elastic member formed to cover the... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20070151996 | Pressing apparatus for clothing A pressing apparatus for clothing including a dummy torso, grip members for gripping end portions of both sleeves of a shirt, a rear ironing member, and a front ironing member; the front ironing member being comprised of a left front ironing member and a right front iro... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20060196897 | Shirt finishing machine This invention comprises a torso 2 for putting on a shirt 1, a pair of right and left supporting arms 4 arranged at both sides of the torso 2 and inclined at the side of the torso 2 to draw the sleeve of the shirt 1, and a clamp... | 09/07/2006 |
| 20050154487 | Method and device for viewing, archiving and transmitting a garment model over a computer network A method and device for viewing, archiving and transmitting a garment model over a computer network. The method comprises photographing a physical mannequin from several different directions, the mannequin being a copy of a virtual human model which is representative of... | 07/14/2005 |