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PROF. H. R. ROBINSON writes in NATURE of November 21, p. 591: “In November 1895, Röntgen discovered X-rays, largely by accident ; Becquerel's discovery of radioactivity in February 1896 was largely a second accident arising out of Röntgen's discovery”.
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RUSS, S. Discoveries by Accident. Nature 150, 735 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150735a0
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