Mónico Sánchez, an inspiration for us all!!! Mónico, The Spanish Tesla !!!

Mónico Sánchez , the innovator, hard worker and an example to live by!

Mónico Sánchez: 

X-RAY Pioneer

Mobile Phone first Inventor for the Collins Wireless Telephone Company

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English student

Self-taught student in the 19th century

Mónico Sánchez was born on a day like today, May 4th 1881, (Piedrabuena (Spain). He was radiology and electrotherapy pioneer who worked in New York for The Collins Wireless Telephone between 1909 and 1910. He invented a High Frequency and X-Ray Apparatus. The Collins Co. and his merged The Continental Wireless and Telegraph, Co. was involved in a worthless stocks sell campaign and many others. It describes the Collins' wireless phone, the sell campaign and the troubles with the law. Only Marconi's company survived. Sánchez returned to Spain to found the Laboratorio Electrico Sánchez with a great success.

Believe it or not, we have here at the Sagasta, a real High Frequency and X-Ray Apparatus. You can check it out at the exhibition cases on the first floor.  Don´t miss it!!!

If you think the mobile phone is an American/Asian invention.... Think twice!

The first mobile phone ever!

You can search for more information about the Electrotherapy museum .