Branly coherer

Description

Branly coherer, an electro-magnetic wave detector comprising a glass tube of iron filings with electrode caps fixed by ebonite stands to a brown varnished rectangular wooden base, used by Sir Oliver Lodge, maker unknown, England, 1894

Museum reference

T.1931.343

Collection

Industry and Commerce : Communications

Object name

Branly coherer, Electro-magnetic wave detector

Production information

Unknown
England, Northern Europe

Date

1894

Materials

Glass, Iron, Ebonite, Wood

Physical description

Iron filings, wooden stand

Associations

Branly, Édouard Eugène Désiré, 1844 - 1940

Exhibitions

• Shaping Our World (29 Jul 2011 - 03 Aug 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland