CASIMIRO DEL ROSARIO

1896-1982

Dr.Casimiro Del Rosario

He was born in Bantayan, Cebu in 1896. He finished with
honors in BS in Civil Engineering at the University of the
Philippines in 1918; MS in Physics at Yale University in the
United States in 1924; and PhD in Physics at the University
of Pennsylvania in 1932.
Notably, he was the co-founder of the Bartol Research
Foundation also known as the Franklin Institute in
Philadelphia, an institution which did pioneering
researches in Physics.

He died at the age of 86.

Identify the impact of their inventions and

discoveries
His contributions had a significant impact
to everyone. We can observe even the tiniest
objects thanks to the utilization of
electromagnetic radiation in the soft X-ray
range. It also aids in the photographing of
our bones and inside organs.
 a. How did these inventions and discoveries impact the
society?
His contribution which is the Soft X-ray improved our
lives are the kind used to photograph bones and internal
organs. They operate at a relatively low frequency and,
unless they are repeated too often, cause little damage
to tissues.
Soft X-rays carry far less energy than hard X-rays. It
also could detect breast cancer imaging.

Diagnostic imaging techniques such as soft x-rays that

help narrow the causes of injury or illness and ensure
b. How were these inventions and that the diagnosis is accurate.
discoveries supported by the
government?

Del Rosario also headed the Philippine Weather

Bureau (now it is called PAGASA) for 11 years. He
was the vice chair for National Science Development
Board in 1958. Because of this, he was given the
Presidential Award in 1965 for his outstanding
works in physics, meteorology and astronomy.
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