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The ABC of the X rays (1896)

Meadowcroft, Wm. H. (William Henry), 1853- · New York : The American Technical Book Co · leaf 24

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e examination ofthe bones in a living body and we may also locateforeign opaque substances which may by accidenthave entered the human frame. Let us now expose one more sensitized plateby way of illustration ; this time to the X rays.We will wrap it up in black paper, or enclose itin a… … Radiography. Crookes tube. In a few minutes the excitationof the tube is stopped and the plate taken awayand developed. Upon printing this we find thatthat part of the plate not covered by the hand is aclear white. We also find that the X rays havepenetrated entirely, the muscles, and to a…

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