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  • Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
    1896
    The Wright brothers

    Wright Cycle Company

    Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
    1896

    In December 1892 the brothers opened a repair and sales shop (the Wright Cycle Exchange, later the Wright Cycle Company) and in 1896 began manufacturing their own brand.




  • Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.
    Jan, 1896
    X-ray

    Pului's design

    Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.
    Jan, 1896

    The first medical X-ray made in the United States was obtained using a discharge tube of Pului's design. In January 1896, on reading of Röntgen's discovery, Frank Austin of Dartmouth College tested all of the discharge tubes in the physics laboratory and found that only the Pului tube produced X-rays.




  • U.S.
    Monday Feb 3, 1896
    X-ray

    Collecting the results of X-rays of fractured wrist

    U.S.
    Monday Feb 3, 1896

    On 3 February 1896 Gilman Frost, professor of medicine at the college, and his brother Edwin Frost, professor of physics, exposed the wrist of Eddie McCarthy, whom Gilman had treated some weeks earlier for a fracture, to the X-rays and collected the resulting image of the broken bone on gelatin photographic plates obtained from Howard Langill, a local photographer also interested in Röntgen's work.




  • U.S.
    Tuesday May 5, 1896
    X-ray

    Edison and the fluoroscope

    U.S.
    Tuesday May 5, 1896

    American inventor Thomas Edison started research soon after Röntgen's discovery and investigated materials' ability to fluoresce when exposed to X-rays, finding that calcium tungstate was the most effective substance. In May 1896 he developed the first mass-produced live imaging device, his "Vitascope", later called the fluoroscope, which became the standard for medical X-ray examinations.




  • Wilberforce, Ohio, U.S.
    Tuesday May 12, 1896
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    Marriage

    Wilberforce, Ohio, U.S.
    Tuesday May 12, 1896

    While at Wilberforce, Du Bois married Nina Gomer, one of his students, on May 12, 1896.




  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1896
    Library of Congress

    Joint Library Committee held a session of hearings

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1896

    A year before the library's move to its new location, the Joint Library Committee held a session of hearings to assess the condition of the library and plan for its future growth and possible reorganization. Spofford and six experts sent by the American Library Association testified that the library should continue its expansion towards becoming a true national library. Congress more than doubled the library's staff from 42 to 108 based on the hearings, and with the assistance of senators Justin Morrill of Vermont and Daniel W. Voorhees of Indiana, and established new administrative units for all aspects of the collection. Congress also strengthened the office of Librarian of Congress to govern the library and make staff appointments, as well as requiring Senate approval for presidential appointees to the position.




  • U.S.
    Saturday Jul 4, 1896
    Flag of the United States

    Star for Utah

    U.S.
    Saturday Jul 4, 1896

    The flag was changed to have 45 stars. (for Utah)


  • University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1896
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    Du Bois accepted a one-year research job from the University of Pennsylvania

    University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1896

    After two years at Wilberforce, Du Bois accepted a one-year research job from the University of Pennsylvania as an "assistant in sociology" in the summer of 1896.


  • Columbia College, New York, U.S.
    Aug, 1896
    X-ray

    X-ray problems

    Columbia College, New York, U.S.
    Aug, 1896

    In August 1896 Dr. HD. Hawks, a graduate of Columbia College, suffered severe hand and chest burns from an x-ray demonstration. It was reported in Electrical Review and led to many other reports of problems associated with x-rays being sent in to the publication.


  • Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
    1896
    The Wright brothers

    Wright Cycle Company

    Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
    1896

    In December 1892 the brothers opened a repair and sales shop (the Wright Cycle Exchange, later the Wright Cycle Company) and in 1896 began manufacturing their own brand.


  • Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.
    Jan, 1896
    X-ray

    Pului's design

    Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.
    Jan, 1896

    The first medical X-ray made in the United States was obtained using a discharge tube of Pului's design. In January 1896, on reading of Röntgen's discovery, Frank Austin of Dartmouth College tested all of the discharge tubes in the physics laboratory and found that only the Pului tube produced X-rays.


  • U.S.
    Monday Feb 3, 1896
    X-ray

    Collecting the results of X-rays of fractured wrist

    U.S.
    Monday Feb 3, 1896

    On 3 February 1896 Gilman Frost, professor of medicine at the college, and his brother Edwin Frost, professor of physics, exposed the wrist of Eddie McCarthy, whom Gilman had treated some weeks earlier for a fracture, to the X-rays and collected the resulting image of the broken bone on gelatin photographic plates obtained from Howard Langill, a local photographer also interested in Röntgen's work.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday May 5, 1896
    X-ray

    Edison and the fluoroscope

    U.S.
    Tuesday May 5, 1896

    American inventor Thomas Edison started research soon after Röntgen's discovery and investigated materials' ability to fluoresce when exposed to X-rays, finding that calcium tungstate was the most effective substance. In May 1896 he developed the first mass-produced live imaging device, his "Vitascope", later called the fluoroscope, which became the standard for medical X-ray examinations.


  • Wilberforce, Ohio, U.S.
    Tuesday May 12, 1896
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    Marriage

    Wilberforce, Ohio, U.S.
    Tuesday May 12, 1896

    While at Wilberforce, Du Bois married Nina Gomer, one of his students, on May 12, 1896.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1896
    Library of Congress

    Joint Library Committee held a session of hearings

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1896

    A year before the library's move to its new location, the Joint Library Committee held a session of hearings to assess the condition of the library and plan for its future growth and possible reorganization. Spofford and six experts sent by the American Library Association testified that the library should continue its expansion towards becoming a true national library. Congress more than doubled the library's staff from 42 to 108 based on the hearings, and with the assistance of senators Justin Morrill of Vermont and Daniel W. Voorhees of Indiana, and established new administrative units for all aspects of the collection. Congress also strengthened the office of Librarian of Congress to govern the library and make staff appointments, as well as requiring Senate approval for presidential appointees to the position.


  • U.S.
    Saturday Jul 4, 1896
    Flag of the United States

    Star for Utah

    U.S.
    Saturday Jul 4, 1896

    The flag was changed to have 45 stars. (for Utah)


  • University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1896
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    Du Bois accepted a one-year research job from the University of Pennsylvania

    University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1896

    After two years at Wilberforce, Du Bois accepted a one-year research job from the University of Pennsylvania as an "assistant in sociology" in the summer of 1896.


  • Columbia College, New York, U.S.
    Aug, 1896
    X-ray

    X-ray problems

    Columbia College, New York, U.S.
    Aug, 1896

    In August 1896 Dr. HD. Hawks, a graduate of Columbia College, suffered severe hand and chest burns from an x-ray demonstration. It was reported in Electrical Review and led to many other reports of problems associated with x-rays being sent in to the publication.


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