Arons, Aronol B.,
Development of Concepts of Physics
, Reading, Massachusetts; Addison-Wesley, 1965. (Contains information on static electricity, electricity, magnetism, electromagnetic spectrum, x-rays etc . . . )
Baker, George F.,
Ršntgen Rays
, New York: Harper and Brothers, Pub., 1899. (Contains original papers of Ršntgen, Stokes, and Thompson along with a short biographical sketch of each.)
Bowers, Brian.
X-Rays and Their Discovery
. London: Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, 1970. (Describes the history of Ršntgen, x-ray tube improvements, medical applications and non-medical applications.)
Crane, Augustus. “The Research Trail of the X-Ray,”
Classical Descriptions in Radiology
, (Andre J. Bruwer, ed.), Springfiled, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1964, pp. 3-22. (Article provides historical perspective on events which lead to the discovery of x-rays.)
Crowther, J.G.
A Short History of Science
. London: Methuen Educational Ltd., 1969, pp 151-161. (Traces development of electricity from antiquity through Thompson and discovery of the electron.)
Evans, William A. “American Pioneers in Radiology,”
The Science of Radiology
. (Otto Glasser, ed.), Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1933, pp 22-38. (Series of names and locations of early x-ray usages in the United States.)
Glasser, Otto. “Wilhelm Conrad Ršntgen,”
Classical Descriptions in Radiology
. (Andre J. Bruwer, ed.), Springfield, Illinois; Charles C. Thomas, 1964, pp 23-46. (Shorter version of his book.)
Glasser, Otto. “Wilhelm Conrad Ršntgen and The Discovery of the Ršntgen Ray,” The Science of Radiology. (Otto Glasser, ed.), Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 1933, pp 1-14. (Also a short synopsis from his book.)
Dibner Bern.
The New Rays of Professor Ršntgen
. Norwalk, Connecticut: Burndy Library, 1963. (Excellent review of the history of x-ray discovery.)
Holland, Charles Thurston. “X-Rays in 1896,”
Classical Descriptions in Radiology
, (Andre J. Bruwer, ed.), Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1964, pp 70-84. (Article describes how this doctor used x-rays in his practice in 1896.)
Hurd, D.L. and Kipling, D.L.
The Origins and Growth of Physical Science, Volume Two
. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1958, pp 254-285, 319-338. (Contains sections on Hertz, Faraday and Ršntgen.)
Jeans, Sir James.
The Growth of Physical Science
. New York: Macmilliam Company, 1948, pp 276-283, 301-310. (Limited since information is scattered throughout the book.)
Jerman, Edward C. “Roentgen-Ray Apparatus”
The Science of Radiology
, (Otto Glasser, ed.), Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1933, pp 64-76. (Describes changes in x-ray producing apparatus.)
Levine Errol.
Ršntgen and His Rays: Fifty Years Afterwards
. Joannesburg: Whitewatersand University Press, 1974. (Article described different diagnostic areas developed in the field.)
Sante, L.R.
Manual of Roentgenological Technique
. Michigan: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1956, pp 1-2. (Introductory synopsis of x-ray history.)
Schneer, Cecil J.
The Search for Order
. New York: Harper and Brothers Pub., 1960, pp 215-232. (Electricity and magnetism, includes descriptions of von Guericke, Musschenbroek, Dufay, and Franklin.)
Schwartz, George and Bishop, Phillip W.
The Development of Modern Science, Volume Two
. New York: Basic Books, 1959, pp 843-848, 856-882, 901-912. (Ršntgen, Franklin and Faraday’s contributions are presented along with original works.)
Shamos, Morris H.
Great Experiments in Physics
. New York: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, Inc., 1959, pp 121-158, 184-209, 283-300. (Introductory comments on physicists and original works including Faraday, Hertz, Ršntgen, Oersted, and Maxwell.)
Singer, Charles.
A Short History of Scientific Ideas to 1900
. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959, pp 347-375,432-437. (Discoveries in the areas of static electricity and electromagnetism.)
Squire, L.F.
Fundamentals of Roentgenology
. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1964, pp 360-362. (A supplement of historical notes.)