coherer

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coherer (plural coherers)

(physics) A detector of radio waves used in very early radio receivers.

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At that time, the word ' coherer ', coined by Lodge, was used in the English-speaking world for Hertzian wave receivers or detectors. Source: Internet

Bose planned to "perfect his coherer", but never thought of patenting it. Source: Internet

Consequently, the coherer cannot be relied upon as a calling-up apparatus. Source: Internet

In the summer of 1894, he built a storm alarm made up of a battery, a coherer (an early detector that changed resistance when exposed to radio waves), and an electric bell, which went off if there was lightning. Source: Internet

On the receiver side, Marconi replaced the spark gap with a metal powder coherer, a detector developed by Edouard Branly and other experimenters. Source: Internet

The transmitter is at center, the coherer receiver below it, the pole supporting the wire antenna is visible at top. Source: Internet

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