place

Musée Edouard Branly

Biographical museums in FranceBuildings and structures in the 6th arrondissement of ParisMuseums in ParisScience museums in FranceTelecommunications museums
Musée Edouard Branly plaque
Musée Edouard Branly plaque

The Musée Édouard Branly is a museum dedicated to the work of radio pioneer Édouard Branly (1844-1940). It is located in the 6th arrondissement at the Institut Catholique de Paris-ISEP, 21, rue d'Assas, Paris, France, and open by appointment only.The museum contains the research laboratory and equipment used by Édouard Branly, a physics professor at the Institut Catholique de Paris and inventor of the first widely used radio receiver, the Branly coherer circa 1884-1886. Its collection includes a number of early devices used in wireless experiments, such as electrolytic detectors, insulated tubes filled with metal filings, a Righi oscillator, generators, electromagnets, metallic blades mounted on glass, electrical contacts, and a column of six steel balls stacked in a glass cylinder.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Musée Edouard Branly (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Musée Edouard Branly
Rue Cassette, Paris 6th Arrondissement (Paris)

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Musée Edouard BranlyContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 48.848888888889 ° E 2.3294444444444 °
placeShow on map

Address

Institut Catholique de Paris

Rue Cassette
75006 Paris, 6th Arrondissement (Paris)
Ile-de-France, France
mapOpen on Google Maps

Musée Edouard Branly plaque
Musée Edouard Branly plaque
Share experience

Nearby Places