Lot n° 539
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Édouard BRANLY, Physicien - Lot 539
Édouard BRANLY, Physicien
In 1890, he imagined the filings coheater, the first hertzian wave detector which was used by MARCONI in his experiments of wireless telegraphs etc... (Amiens 1844 - Paris 1940) - Autograph
letter signed on his letterhead "Laureate of the Institute, 19 Sept 1905. 1p 1/2 in-8° (on the same side). "Sir, I am very annoyed to be forced to refuse a second time, but, I have some work started that I would like to finish before the Catholic Institute closes its doors. Hence the absolute impossibility for me to be absent. I had to stay all my holidays in Paris..."
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