Before the Flash: Vacuum Tubes and the Race to the Invisible

Geissler tubes, cathode rays, Hertz and Lenard — the decade of glowing glass and invisible beams that set the stage for Röntgen.

Playlist by @birth_of_radiology

11 tracks, shared on Audicious.

  1. From Geissler Tubes to Cathode Ray Tubes (Crookes Tubes), Physics & History — Kathy Loves Physics
  2. JJ Thomson Cathode Ray Tube Experiment: the Discovery of the Electron — Kathy Loves Physics
  3. How the X-ray Machine Works & Was Invented: from Hertz to Lenard — Kathy Loves Physics
  4. How Heinrich Hertz Discovered Radio to Validate Maxwell's Equations — Kathy Loves Physics
  5. History of the Discovery of Infrared and Ultraviolet Light — Kathy Loves Physics
  6. Photoelectric Effect History: A Battle of Einstein vs. Lenard — Kathy Loves Physics
  7. How Cathode Rays Were Discovered — Rational Thinker
  8. Discharge Tubes : Demonstrated and the physics principles behind them — PhysicsHigh
  9. Powering a Crookes Tube/How Roentgen discovered X-rays — Weaponsandstuff93
  10. Cathode Ray Tubes (CRT): Explanation and Experiments — CuriousMarc
  11. One discovery leads to another- Crookes tubes to x-rays - History of Medicine — Fun and Educational