Receiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CRYSTAL (GALENA)/TABLE
- DATE
- 1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1588.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- HOME BUILT
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN BASE & COIL SUPPORTS. COIL FORMS PROBABLY FIBRE ORBAKELITE TUBES. WOOD SWITCH WITH BRASS STUDS AND WIPER. BRASS RODS, SLIDER RAIL & SUPPORT PLATES, AND THUMB NUT CONNECTORS. BRASS BRACKET FOR CAT'S WHISKER. BRASS MOUNT FOR LEAD MOUNTED GALENA CRYSTALS. BRASS & SYNTHETIC SLIDER ASSEMBLY. COTTON COVERED MAGNET WIRE. Ebonite.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 31.5 cm
- Width
- 15.2 cm
- Height
- 15.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF SET USED C.1925-1930
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO RECEIVE RADIO SIGNALS, SELECT A SPECIFIC FREQUENCY AND CONVERT THE RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL TO AN AUDIO SIGNAL THAT WILL OPERATE A SET OF HEADPHONES/EARPHONES - Technical
-
EARLY DESIGN FEATURING SLIDING ADJUSTABLE PRIMARY ANTENNA COIL & TAPPED SECONDARY COIL, ADJUSTABLE WITH ROTARY 6-POSITION SWITCH. COUPLING BETWEEN PRIMARY & SECONDARY COILS IS ADJUSTABLE BY MEANS OF BRASS SECONDARY COIL SUPPORT RODS. SELECTED RADIO FREQUENCY DETECTED BY ONE OF THE MOUNTED CRYSTALS & CAT'S WHISKER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CONNECTING TERMINALS LABELLED 'AREIAL', 'GROUND', 'PHONES', 'VAR.CND'R'
- Missing
- ONE THUMB NUT CONNECTOR; CAT'S WHISKER From CA of 07/11/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
- Finish
- CLEAR VARNISH ON WOOD PARTS; MOST BRASS COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN LACQUERED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Receiver, radio, circa 1925, Artifact no. 1992.1588, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1588.001/
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