Filings coherer, glass tube formed into T-shape at one end and bent round into U-shape at other end with bulb, 1899

Made:: 1899 in England

designer:: Oliver Joseph Lodge

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Filings coherer, glass tube formed into T-shape at one end and bent round into U-shape at other end with bulb, designed or used by Sir Oliver Lodge, England, 1899. Paper label stuck round tube marked in handwriting ’17 / Jan 3 / 1899’.

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Details

Category:: Radio Communication

Object Number:: 1942-40/16

Materials:: glass, metal

type:: coherer

taxonomy:

component - object
radio receiver

credit:: Donated by E. E. and T. H. Robinson

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