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OCR: 1845 On March 25 Rontgen is born in Lennep Prussia (now Remschied, Germany) 1869 After studying at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, he gains his Ph.D. 1876 Becomes professor of physics at Strasbourg University France. 1879 Becomes professor of physics at Giessen University, Germany 1888 Becomes professor of physics at Wurzburg University, Germany. discovers that magnetic effects are produced by electric charges. His work is taken ut by a Dutch physicist, Hendrik Lorentz (1853 1928 1895 Rontgen studies the effect that cathode rays have on fluorescent salts. In one expe rimen Rontgen observes that although the cathode ray tube is covered by cardboard a nearby sample of salts gives offlight. This leads him to believe that an unknown form of radiation s a1 work He gives this the name X-r ...