Detector, crystal
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CAT'S WHISKER
- DATE
- 1922
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0197.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RASCO
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- New York, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC/ METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 3.9 cm
- Width
- 3.8 cm
- Height
- 2.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RASCO
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1920'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO DETECT EARLY RADIO BROADCAST SIGNALS - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF SOPHISTICATED & WELL MADE CRYSTAL DETECTOR OF THE PERIOD - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- EMBOSSED ON BASE: 'RASCO. N.Y.'
- Missing
- 'CAT WHISKERS' (WOULD REQUIRE OTHER EQUIPMENT TO OPERATE - E.G. HEADPHONES, TUNING COILS ETC.)
- Finish
- BLACK BASE/ BLACK KNOB
- Decoration
- N/A
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RASCO, Detector, crystal, circa 1922, Artifact no. 1994.0197, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0197.001/
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