Introduction. Chaminade University, which was founded in 1955, is a private, not-for-profit university and is the only Catholic university in Hawaii.
German scientist discovers X-rays. On this day in 1895, physicist Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen (1845-1923) becomes the first person to observe X-rays, a significant scientific advancement that would ultimately benefit a variety of fields, most of all medicine, by making the invisible visible.
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen-RÃ¶ntgen First-x. Ray a week after his, Discovery rontgen took An-x ray photograph of his'wife s hand which clearly revealed her wedding ring and her. Bones the photograph electrified the general public and aroused great scientific interest in the new form of. radiationalcium in bones absorbs X-rays the most, so bones look white on a film recording of the X-ray image, called a radiograph. Fat and other soft tissues absorb less, and look gray. Air absorbs the least, so lungs look black on a radiograph.