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Prosper-René Blondlot

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French physicist (1849-1930)

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Prosper-René Blondlot was a French physicist, who in 1891 made the first measurement of the speed of radio waves, but is more remembered for his "discovery" of N rays, a phenomenon that subsequently proved to be illusory.

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1904Leconte Prize
1870Montyon Science Award

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Country
France
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1849 to 1930 · aged 81
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