Nikola Tesla replicates the work of Wilhelm…

Nikola Tesla replicates the work of Wilhelm Röntgen, discoverer of X-rays, in 1896.

Tesla "shoots" X-rays over considerable distances, creating photographs of skeletons sometimes as far away as forty feet from the source of the gun.

Tesla is also involved in experiments with shooting cathode rays at targets.

This and similar work from one of Tesla's British colleagues, J.J. Thomson, leads to the discovery, by Thompson, of the electron.

During the mid-1890's, Tesla converses often with Thomson, particularly in the electrical journals.