18.5 turn aluminium strip coil to suit gap with wooden tripod support

18.5 turn aluminium strip coil to suit gap with wooden tripod support

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18.5 turn aluminium strip coil to suit gap with wooden tripod support, part of Oliver Lodge’s microphone amplifier or relay, 1898 (British patent 9712 of 1898) ), a precursor of the moving-coil loudspeaker

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Category:
Radio Communication
Object Number:
1926-712
Materials:
metal (unknown), paper (fibre product) and wood (unidentified)
Measurements:
overall: 79 mm x 40 mm x 48 mm, .004 kg
type:
coil
credit:
Sir Oliver Lodge.