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Probably the most pleasing postcard in the company’s history
The beginning of X-ray technology at Siemens Healthineers!
6min
Published on March 3, 2021
I conducted my first experiments with the cathode ray tubes used in physics laboratories. As no one had any concept of the true nature of X-rays at that time, we tested every possibility, including whether the mysterious rays could be produced by overloading the filament of an ordinary light bulb. A number of light bulbs were burned out in the process – naturally, to no avail.“
Josef Rosenthals´memories of this pioneering era of X-ray technology at RGS
Probably the most pleasing postcard in the company’s history