Test equipment, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WAVEMETER
- DATE
- 1926
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0551.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MARCONI WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- MARCONI-FRANKLIN PRECISION
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 310013
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 7
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS CASE/ COPPER PICK-UP COIL/ BAKELITE PLATE & KNOB/ GLASS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS Possible ebonite
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 35.5 cm
- Height
- 41.9 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MARCONI
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1926-1935
- Canada
-
USED TO MAINTAIN EARLY TRANS ATLANTIC RADIO TELEGRAPH SYSTEMS - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE THE WAVELENGTH OR FREQUENCY EMITTED BY A RADIO TRANSMITTER. - Technical
-
AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF A METHOD USED TO OBTAIN PRECISE RADIO FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFG. PLATE: 'MARCONI/ WAVEMETER/ TYPE P.S. NO. 48.2/ INST. NO. 310013 MARCONI'S WIRELESS/ TELEGRAPH CO. LTD./ LONDON'/ DIAL ON GALVANOMETER: 'WESTON/ D.C. GALVANOMETER/ [CALIBRATION FROM 30-0-30]/ WESTON ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENT CORP., NEWARK, N.J., U.S.A./ MODEL 375 NO. 38795'/
- Missing
- CALIBRATION CHARTS TO CONVERT THE 0 TO 100 READOUT TO WAVE LENGTH.
- Finish
- CASE - POLISHED BRASS & LACQUERED/ TOP BROWN BAKELITE
- Decoration
- N/A
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MARCONI WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO. LTD., Test equipment, radio, circa 1926, Artifact no. 1976.0551, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0551.001/
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