Tuner, antenna
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SYNTONIZER
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0556.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Dominion Deforest Wireless Telegraph Co.
- MODEL
- EDWARDS, CMDR.
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CASE, THREE INDUCTORS WOUND WITH COTTON COVERED MAGNET WIRE ON FIBRE COIL FORMS. BRASS SLIDER RODS, BRASS PICKUP BRUSHES, BLACK BAKELITE SQUARE KNOBS/ PAPER STRIPS, cellulose nitrate
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 31.0 cm
- Width
- 30.0 cm
- Height
- 11.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Deforest
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1900-1920
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO RESONATE AN ANTENNA SYSTEM TO THE FREQUENCY OF A TRANSMITTER - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- EACH OF THE FIVE SLIDERS DESIGNATED '0' TO '20' ON PAPER STRIPS/ THUMB NUTS DESIGNATED 'A' 'C.R.' 'E' 'C'/ PLAQUE ON END: 'DOMINION DEFOREST/ WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO/ SYNTONIZER/ PATENTED/ No'
- Missing
- DAMAGED INDUCTORS/ MISSING THUMB NUT
- Finish
- LIGHT MAHOGANY STAIN AND VARNISH/ UNFINISHED PLYWOOD BOTTOM OF RECENT VINTAGE TO PROTECT COILS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Dominion Deforest Wireless Telegraph Co., Tuner, antenna, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1968.0556, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0556.001/
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