Tag: Wilhelm Röntgen

The first Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Wilhelm Röntgen for his discovery of X-rays on this day in 1901. Did you know that: • The metric system was first adopted in France on this day in 1799• “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain was first published on this day in 1884• Rudyard […]

Gordon Ramsay is a British chef, restaurateur, television personality and writer born on this day in 1966. Did you know that: • German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range, today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, on this day in 1895• Inventor and manufacturer Harvey Hubbell received the first […]