Rysselberghe, François van

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Name
Rysselberghe, François van Gender: M
born on 24 August 1846 at 16:00 (= 4:00 PM )
Place Ghent, Belgium, 51n03, 3e43
Timezone LMT m3e43 (is local mean time)
Data source
Quoted BC/BR
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Gauquelin
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_vircol.18.gif 01°03' s_mo.18.gif s_libcol.18.gif 00°20 Asc.s_capcol.18.gif 00°04'



Biography

Belgian physicist and inventor whose patent registered in 1882 is thought to be the original invention of the basis of the phonopore (condensor) method of telephone voice communications. The technique was developed and improved by Charles Langdon-Davies in 1890, particularly with the invention of a method to call between phones. Rysselberghe was a Professor of Physics at the Industrial School of the Ostend School of Navigation. He died in 1893.

Link to Condenser telephone: Invention

Events

  • Death, Cause unspecified 1893

Source Notes

Archives Gauquelin: Scientists & Medical Doctors (Hommes De Science) A, vol. 2, #3534 [1].

Categories

  • Vocation : Science : Physics
  • Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator