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THE BACKGROUND OF RÖNTGEN'S DISCOVERY*

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RÖNTGEN'S discovery was part of a scientific development that had its origin in the research on the passage of electricity through rarefied gases. I propose to show some of the salient points of this research in relation to the discovery of X-rays.

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    ALEX MÜLLER

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MÜLLER, A. THE BACKGROUND OF RÖNTGEN'S DISCOVERY*. Nature 157, 119–121 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157119a0

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