...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 |
| 7159826 | Hose clamping device A universal hose clamp includes a universal hose locating mechanism, a hose coupling for connecting a hose to the hose clamp, and securing structure for securing the locating mechanism to a support structure. The universal hose clamp may be employed to secure a hose... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7017947 | Pipe holder A pipe holder includes a body member and a support member connected to and extending away from the body member. The body member defines an opening proximate a first end of the body member. ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 5950762 | Ladder hose retainer A ladder hose retainer 10 for use with a ladder 48 having a ladder rung 50, includes an elongated tubular member 12 adapted to fit within a rung 50, and having a first and a second externally threaded end, 14 and 16. An internally threaded fitting 24 thre... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5810225 | Tool support apparatus A tool support apparatus is provided for supporting a hand-held tool, particularly a pneumatic tool, connected to a line, such as a pneumatic line, from a waistbelt of a user of the tool. The tool support apparatus includes a holder attachable to a waistb... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5437345 | Pinnable waterway An apparatus for connecting a waterway, having a nozzle, to various sections of an aerial ladder. The connecting apparatus comprises an off-set cam within a cylindrical sleeve. One end of a connecting link is attached to the cylindrical sleeve. The other ... | 08/01/1995 |