Alpha RuleɐɥO@lemmy.ohaa.xyz to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone – 540 points – 7 months ago18Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentIn an 1895 paper, Röntgen used "X" to label an unknown type of radiation. And the name stuck, despite his later objections. (Some languages do call them Röntgen rays.)German for example does this.Ix-Strahlung certainly doesn't roll off the tongue.
In an 1895 paper, Röntgen used "X" to label an unknown type of radiation. And the name stuck, despite his later objections. (Some languages do call them Röntgen rays.)German for example does this.Ix-Strahlung certainly doesn't roll off the tongue.
In an 1895 paper, Röntgen used "X" to label an unknown type of radiation. And the name stuck, despite his later objections. (Some languages do call them Röntgen rays.)
German for example does this.
Ix-Strahlung certainly doesn't roll off the tongue.