February 5, 1896Also on this day, the New York Times published an article that reported that Nature had published an English translation of Roentgen’s 12/28/1895 article in the Proceedings of the Wurzburg Physico-Medical Society. The Times article included the translation, which had been made by Arthur Stanton. | ||
November 5, 1895Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays. | ||
December 28, 1895Roentgen first published his findings in the Proceedings of the Wurzburg Physico-Medical Society. | ||
January 1896At some point during this month, Roentgen gave a public presentation on x-rays. | ||
January 22, 1896The Hartford Courant published its first article on the discovery of x-rays. In 1904, Green told the Courant that he had read about the discovery of x-rays in a cable dispatch in the newspaper, but that the dispatch “did not give any particulars about how the work was done.” This article in the Courant was a cable dispatch from a London newspaper via the New York Sun, and it was about x-rays being used by a camera club. | ||
January 26, 1896Probable earliest date on which Green generated x-rays. According to the 1904 interview, Green went to work on x-rays immediately, and he worked day and night for four days. | ||
February 1, 1896Probable latest date by which Green began working on x-rays. Based on the July 1896 account of Green’s effort to x-ray Theodore Studley’s leg, although this article times Green’s research to the discovery, not the announcement of the discovery. | ||
February 1896Public demonstrations of x-rays began at the Jarvis Physics Laboratory at Trinity College. The experiments were conducted by William L. Robb and Arthur J. Wolff, and they ran through April. | ||
February 4, 1896The New York Times published an article based on an article previously published in l’Illustration, on experimental photographs made with x-rays. This article included details on how the photographs were taken. | ||
February 5, 1896Possible latest date on which Green began his research on x-rays. Based on Green’s obituary in the American Journal of Roentgenology, which had Green starting his research within two weeks of the announcement of the discovery of x-rays. | ||
February 8, 1896Henry Green applied for a patent on improvements in advertising devices. | ||
April 10, 1896William L. Robb gives a lecture on “Roentgen photography” to the Friday Night Club at Asylum Hill Congregational Church. This lecture was apparently a benefit for foreign missions, and according to the Courant it was well attended.Read More | ||
July 17, 1896Green used x-rays in an attempt to find a bullet in Theodore Studley’s leg. This is the earliest reference I’ve found that directly connects Henry Green to x-rays.Read More | ||
August 1896Green probably used an x-ray to help set Robert Magonigal’s broken leg. | ||
September 30, 1896Green filed an application for a patent on a coin-operated x-ray device. He would receive the patent for this device on July 12, 1898.Read More | ||
November 3, 1896The Hartford Courant reported that Hartford Hospital had added an x-ray machine to the equipment in its surgical department. The machine had been manufactured by Green & Bauer. From this point forward, Green’s commercial interests shifted entirely to x-rays.Read More | ||
November 27, 1896The Courant interviewed Henry Green about Thomas Edison’s theory on x-rays as a treatment for blindness.Read More | ||