Abstract
Radiography may be regarded as the first application of X-rays since a radiograph of a hand was published in Röntgen’s original paper1 and, furthermore, X-rays were being used for radiography as an aid to surgery in a hospital in Vienna within three months of Rontgen’s discovery.2
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Röntgen, Sitzber, Würzburger Physik. Medic. Ges. (1895). Translated— Nature, 53, 274 (1896).
Richtmyer & Kennard, A Introduction to Modern Physics, 3rd Ed., 469 (1942)
Hinsley, A Non-destructive Testing, VIII, Macdonald & Evans (1959).
McGonagle, Non-destructive Testing, VI, VII, McGraw Hill (1961).
Handbook of Industrial Radiology, Edward Arnold (1949).
A further Handbook of Industrial Radiology, Edward Arnold (1957).
Symposium on Radiography, American Society for Testing Materials (1943).
Kirkpatrick & Pattee, A X-ray Microscopy in Handbuch der Physik, XXX ed. Flügge, Springer (1957).
Cosslett & Nixon, X-Ray Microscopy, Cambridge University Press (1960).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1966 J. G. Brown
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Brown, J.G. (1966). Radiography. In: X-Rays and Their Applications. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4398-1_10
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4398-1_10
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4613-4400-1
Online ISBN: 978-1-4613-4398-1
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive