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Why were X-rays invented?

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The X-ray was accidentally invented when Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, a physics professor at Wurzburg, Bavaria, placed his hand in the path of the rays and saw an image of the bones of his hand on the screen.

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Radium was discovered (not invented) in 1898 by Marie Curie, Pierre Curie and Gustave Bemont.

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