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James Wimshurst

English inventor, engineer and shipwright

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18 images from works
  • Light emitted by Röntgen Ray Tubes, reflected using a concave mirror: blurred letters and shapes. Photoprint from radiograph, by James Wimshurst, 1898.
  • Light emitted by Röntgen Ray Tubes, reflected by a speculum. Photoprint from radiograph, by James Wimshurst, 1898.
  • Light emitted by Röntgen Ray Tubes: letters and shapes. Photoprint from radiograph, by James Wimshurst, 1898.
  • Light emitted by Röntgen Ray Tubes: letters and shapes. Photoprint from radiograph, by James Wimshurst, 1898.
  • Light emitted by Röntgen Ray Tubes: letters and shapes. Photoprint from radiograph, by James Wimshurst, 1898.
  • Light emitted by Röntgen Ray Tubes: blurred letters and shapes. Photoprint from radiograph, by James Wimshurst, 1898.
  • Light emitted by Röntgen Ray Tubes. Photoprint from radiograph, by James Wimshurst, 1898.
  • Light emitted by Röntgen Ray Tubes, reflected by a mirror: the word "diffused". Photoprint from radiograph, by James Wimshurst, 1898.
  • Light emitted by Röntgen Ray Tubes: a metal bar. Photoprint from radiograph, by James Wimshurst, 1898.
  • Light emitted by Röntgen Ray Tubes, reflected using a concave mirror: the word "concave mirror". Photoprint from radiograph, by James Wimshurst, 1898.
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    Light emitted by Röntgen Ray Tubes: blurred letters and shapes. Photoprint from radiograph, by James Wimshurst, 1898.

    James Wimshurst | Date: 1898 | Reference: 579891i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Light emitted by Röntgen Ray Tubes, reflected using a concave mirror: the word "concave mirror". Photoprint from radiograph, by James Wimshurst, 1898.

    James Wimshurst | Date: 1898 | Reference: 579895i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Light emitted by Röntgen Ray Tubes, reflected by a speculum. Photoprint from radiograph, by James Wimshurst, 1898.

    James Wimshurst | Date: 1898 | Reference: 579898i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Light emitted by Röntgen Ray Tubes: the letters "X" and "D". Photoprint from radiograph, by James Wimshurst, 1898.

    James Wimshurst | Date: 1898 | Reference: 579910i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Light emitted by Röntgen Ray Tubes: letters and shapes. Photoprint from radiograph, by James Wimshurst, 1898.

    James Wimshurst | Date: 1898 | Reference: 579887i
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