GB 1970 Röntgen - Röntgen Society

16 volumes

GB 1970 Röntgen 1899-1927 Collection (fonds) 16 volumes X-ray Society , 1897
Röntgen Society , 1897-1927

X-rays were discovered on 8 Nov 1895, by Professor Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, of the Institute of Physics of the University of Wurzburg, Bavaria. The first radiological society - the X-ray Society - was formed in London in March 1897, by a group of medical men interested in Röntgen's discoveries. They drew up a code of rules for consideration by a larger committee meeting, and in June the same year, the name was altered changed to the Röntgen Society. The first General meeting of the Society was held in June 1897, and Professor Silvanus Thompson, was elected its first president. Members of the Society were more strongly representative of the field of physics than of medicine. In 1917 when the medical members of the Society, joined with the Electro-therapeutic Section of the Royal Society of Medicine to form the British Association for the Advancement of Radiology and Physiotherapy (BARP).
The Röntgen Society worked in collaboration with BARP and its successor the British Institute of Radiology (BIR). In 1927 it amalgamated with the BIR.

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Records of the Röntgen Society comprising: minutes of general meetings, 1899-1927; minutes of Council, 1899-1926; microfilm copies of minutes of the Röntgen Society 1923-1927; letter book, 1913; Röntgen Society list of members, 1903-1917; printed copies of Röntgen Society Year Book and Lists of Members, 1917-1925.

By appointment only. Contact the Information Centre Manager, British Institute of Radiology, 36 Portland Place, London W1B 1AT

Copies available at the discretion of the Archivist.
English

The collection is uncatalogued

See also description for the British Institute of Radiology, and the National Radium Commission.

The Science Museum, London, holds a collection of early x-ray tubes.

Sources: Historical Manuscripts Commission's On-Line National Register of Archives; British Institute of Radiology Handbook, 1962.
Compiled by Alison Field as part of the London Signpost Survey Project

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

September 2003 Magnetism Electromagnetic waves X-rays Scientific methods Radiography Medical sciences Surgery Radiology Röntgen Society , 1897-1927 X-ray Society , 1897

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Records of the Röntgen Society comprising: minutes of general meetings, 1899-1927; minutes of Council, 1899-1926; microfilm copies of minutes of the Röntgen Society 1923-1927; letter book, 1913; Röntgen Society list of members, 1903-1917; printed copies of Röntgen Society Year Book and Lists of Members, 1917-1925.

By appointment only. Contact the Information Centre Manager, British Institute of Radiology, 36 Portland Place, London W1B 1AT

Copies available at the discretion of the Archivist.

• Engels

• Latijn

English

See also description for the British Institute of Radiology, and the National Radium Commission.

The collection is uncatalogued

The Science Museum, London, holds a collection of early x-ray tubes.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

• Engels