The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-02-19
PhotOgraphing o Mans Bones Through
His Flesh.

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His Flesh.
Here is probably the most sensation
al discovery Of the age.
The story comes from Vienna, and
is given to the public by the New
York Journal. It is the story of a
discovery which will be of vast value
to Notwithstanding decidedly
novel and sensational in its nature, as
we'll.
The invention is one which might
naturally cause suspicion were it not
that the possibility of such a thing is
fully testified to by such eminent sci
entists as Thomas A. Edison and Pro-
fessor Henry Morton, president Of
Stevens Institute of technology.
Here is the story to speak for it.
self
"V1ENNA, Jan. 1.-One of the most
remarkable modern discoveries has
just been made public by Professor
Roentgen, of the Wurzburg university.
It is a process by which the interior
of a living human body may be photo
graphed. The light achieved by
means of a vacuum glass pipe with an
induction current going through it
will also penetrate all organic sub
stance that is, wood, leather and ar
ticles Of the same class.
''The light which renders all this
possible is derived from radiant heat
and is of wonderful p%enetrative pow
er. 1t is thrown upon the object by
means Of one Of Crooke's tubes.
This is a vacuum or alright glass
tube, through which an induction
(ellectricaD current passes, and the
rays from the intense heat caused by
the current, which is known as radiant
heat, are thrown from the tube upon
the object it is desired to photo
graph.
professor Roentgen has succeeded
in securing several remarkable mega
tives. One instance is that Of a
mans ankle wherein a bullet was i'm
bedded. The photograph shows. the
bullet was just as it is lodged in the
ankle, thus revealing what heretofore
could only be learned by probing and
the use of the surgeons knife.
Gin another case a purse, contain
ing a quantity of money, was selected
as a subject. The heat rays focused
thereon produced a negative showing
with wonderful clearness both purse
and contents.
IA human hand was then subjected
to the heat rays. In the picture re-
s~ulting appears a skeleton hand, the
covering Of flesh seeming to have
vanished as if by magic. It must be
remembered, too, hat this was not
the hand of a dead person, but belong
ing to a living, breathing man the
remainder Of the arm being so screen
ed and arranged as to be excluded
from the focus Of the t~ube-oamera.
"Perhaps the most notable expert
ment, however, which illustrated with
graphic clearness the eccentric power
Of the new discovery, was the photo
graph of a man seated beside a young
lady before the photographer. in
ordinary dress, but whom the mega
tive shows a perfect skeleton. To
test the clearness with which the new
process would produce the skeleton Of
a living subject negatives were also
taken by the ordinary method. In
the first case the spinal vertebrae were
reproduced in every detail, forming a
CHASTITY specimen of realism.
"Again, an ordinary iron weight
was placed inside a wooden box one
and one-half by three feet. In the
picture the weight alone is seen, the
box having apparently vanished in
air. This latter was a crucial test,
and demonstrated beyond the posi-
bility of a doubt that only a few of
the wonders the new process will &C
complish have been learned.
"The Crooke tube used is arranged
like the lens in an ordinary camera.
the induction coil-that is, the wire
over which the electricity passes into
the undermining from a small storage
battery arranged in the camera aud at
the rear of the tube. Then over the
end of the tube from which the heat
rays are focused a heavy cloth is
thrown in such a manner as to clearly
outline the tubes end, enabling the
operator to focus the rays without diff
Guilty. Thus it will be seen that the
photograph is taken through this
heavy cloth, as we'll as the substance
surrounding the object it is desired to
reproduce.
"Strictly speaking, radiant heat
rays are by no means a new light, but
Professor Roentgen has, by expert
ment, gained the ability to secure
special rays with which scientists are
not familiar.
"Professor Roentgen has also over
turned the scientific theory regarding
Opaque objects hat is, object which
it is held light will not penetrate. He
holds and claims that his newly dis
covered process will clearly show, even
more than now, that there is no such
thing as an Opaque object. The pene-
trating power Of light, he claims, is
regulated by it's intensity and method
Of use. The professor futher says he
ia convinced from facts that the dis
covery has brought to his knowledge
concerning heat that the greater uses
of heat and electricity are not known
yet that they are capable of vast de-
velopment. He is now carrying on in
secret a series of experiments by
which he believes he will soon be able
to accomplish even more wonderful
feats Of photography"
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