Episode 2 of 4

Publication of Findings

Name: Publication of Findings
Start: 1895-12-28
Location: Physical-Medical Society

When: 28 December 1895
Where: Physical-Medical Society
Part of: Röntgen discovers X-rays at Würzburg

Röntgen published his paper 'On a New Kind of Rays' on 28 December 1895.

Röntgen wrote an initial report titled 'On a new kind of ray: A preliminary communication' and submitted it to Würzburg's Physical-Medical Society journal on 28 December 1895. This paper, 'Ueber eine neue Art von Strahlen', was published on the same date.

Sources

X-ray Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-18
Wilhelm Röntgen Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-01

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