In 1895, Wilhelm Roentgen accidentally discovered that a cathode-ray tube could make a sheet of paper coated with barium platinocyanide glow, even when the tube and the paper were in separate rooms.
1895年,威廉·伦琴偶阴管能使涂有一层氰亚酸盐钡的薄相纸光,甚至当阴管和相纸分别放在不同的房间时也能光。