X-Ray+Photography

**by Sairwaah Salaam, Grade 6** In 1899, Whilhelm Roengen invented the first x ray photography. He was a German inventor who was not very social. He stayed in his lab night and day, inventing new things. Though he worked on many inventions, Whilhelm Roengen did not plan on inventing the very popular x ray. X ray photography may not seem that complex and it might only seem that you’re just taking a regular photo of a body. It is not that simple. X rays are made of many parts that work many different ways.. In order to make x ray photography work, Whilmhelm needed a crookes tube, photographic plates, and a good source of light. A crookes tube is a little clear tube which energy runs through to create the light for the photo, and photographic plates are like the film for a camera.
 * X Ray Photography**

At first Whilhelm Roengen was not really sure how the x rays came to be. Since he was not sure how the x ray worked he decided to call i an x ray because x is the mathematical symbol for the unknown and ray is the source of light that helps to produce it. Whilhelm finally figured out how this invention worked. He had left a key in his desk, and a photographic plate on top of it, and a crookes tube on top of the plate. The light shone in through his window, and the light caused the photographic plates to take a picture of the key. Though this was a big break-through, people thought this x ray invention was very dangerous. Some thought it was black magic and some thought it was a death ray and would eventually kill all of humanity. Not all thought it was bad, though. Many thought it was kind of like magic. Some thought it would make blind people see, and turn ordinary metal into gold. That did not happen, but it was pretty magical and amazing how Whilhelm Roengen’s mistake mistake turned into something that would later be used on such a daily basis.