N ray [SEP] discoverer or inventor
N ray
N rays (or N-rays) were a hypothesized form of radiation, described by Prosper-René Blondlot in 1903, and initially confirmed by others, but subsequently found to be illusory.
History.
History Context.
The N ray affair occurred shortly after a series of major breakthroughs in experimental physics. Victor Schumann discovered vacuum ultraviolet radiation in 1893, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays in 1895, Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity in 1896, and, in 1897, J. J. Thomson discovered electrons,
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