On 19 March 1889 the instrument maker A.L. Rogers was appointed to the Physical Laboratory at the University of Adelaide under W.H. Bragg. Rogers contructed teaching and laboratory apparatus, and made X-ray tubes and radio equipment for Bragg's early research.
X-ray tube made by A.L. Rogers for Professor W.H. Bragg in early 1896, closely following the discovery of x-rays by Rontgen. This is believed to be the first successful attempt to make an x-ray tube in Australia,