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Coherer and decoherer

Description

Combination of Branly’s coherer and Sir Oliver Lodge’s decoherer, fitted to a circular wooden base, made by Alex Steuart for wireless reception, Edinburgh, Scotland, c. 1892

Museum reference

T.1931.35

Collection

Industry and Commerce : Communications

Object name

Coherer, Decoherer

Production information

Steuart, Alexander, 1884 - 1960, Wireless equipment maker
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1892

Materials

Glass, Steel, Copper, Wood, Ebonite, Ceramic, Brass

Associations

Branly, Édouard Eugène Désiré, 1844 - 1940
Previous owner: Lodge, Oliver, Sir

Exhibitions

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

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