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Improved Bréguet punch with adjustment device

Bréguet1850

École Polytechnique

École Polytechnique
Palaiseau, France

It is an induction device, also called an "exploder", intended to cause the ignition of the voltage primers, used for the explosion of detonating bodies. This electric device is used to set fire to mines at a long distance (among others during the war of 1870)

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  • Title: Improved Bréguet punch with adjustment device
  • Creator: Bréguet
  • Date Created: 1850
  • Physical Dimensions: H. 14 x L. 29 cm
  • Subject Keywords: Science, Technology, Physique
  • Type: Artefact
  • Rights: École polytechnique, Jean-Luc Deniel
École Polytechnique

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