Invention vs inventor / X-Rays / ALMS

                          Invention vs Inventor 

   Invention facts:

1.The X-ray has led to many advances in medicine, and its inventor Wilhelm refused to take out a patent because he wanted everyone to benefit from its use.

2.X-ray refers to the method used to obtain the image and to the image itself.

3.X-ray is spelled many different ways including x ray, X ray, X-ray, and x-ray.

4.Wilhelm Roentgen used a zinc box and lead box, when taking x-rays. He did this to protect photographic plates also stored in his lab from being destroyed. He was unaware that this protected him as well. Too much exposure to X-rays can cause cancer.

5.Scientists that were not yet aware of the dangers of exposure to X-rays often suffered burns, radiation sickness, loss of hair, and cancers.

   

  Inventor facts : 

1. In honor of his accomplishments, in 2004 the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry named element 111, roentgenium, a radioactive element with multiple unstable isotopes, after him.

2. Rontgen was born in Lennep, Germany, and was the only child of a cloth merchant.

3. In 1848, the family moved to Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, where he attended the Institute of Martinus Herman van Doorn.

4. In 1869, he earned his PhD from the University of Zurich and went to Wurzburg to work.

5. In 1870, he published a paper on the specific heats of gases.

Sources:

http://tonsoffacts.com/26-interesting-and-fun-facts-about-wilhelm-rontgen/

http://www.softschools.com/facts/technology/x_ray_facts/2271/