X-rays simply explained : a handbook on the theory and practice of radiography / by R.P. Howgrave-Graham.

Date:
[1903?]
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Credit: X-rays simply explained : a handbook on the theory and practice of radiography / by R.P. Howgrave-Graham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    11. Its, and w bo ough faith obtained promises, having Been them and them from ai The mere pr iducl km ol fail iphs does not entil le a man to c ill him actical; unless he und of the principles which underlie the work, he is more 1 ly unpractical than he \n 1 i• ► is frankly and modestly ignorant It iaxlow-pii i ires of hand- oina in purses, and the like; the experimenter is tilled with mild w kill, and | ibits his wizard-like p ^ >rs to a few admiring friends. Then the interest dies out; and the apparatus i used, having Berved little er purpose than i liat of a plaything In the following pages I hope to give a thorough understanding of the elem »ntary principles involved in Rontgen ray work, and of the use and man it of the essenlial pi • ea of app iployed, including the taking of radiograplis and the construc- tion of fluorescent e & The last item will be more fully dealt with in a further book to be published in this . which will also contain details of many other interesting experiment I must acknowledge my indel is to Mr 1 and Mr Hillier for their help, and for allow- ing me to See tubes in pi f exhaustion, and to Mr A. C. Lock for his valuable assistance in the preparation of diagrams. My thanks are also due friend who kindly read through and corrected both manuscript and proof. R. P, Hu\V<;i;ayi:-<;i;aIIAM. EJampstiad,