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'Long Tom' Aerial Tuning Inductance Coil, by Marconi Company, c. 1900

Inventory Number 70198


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.70198

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
Primary inscriptions
None
Physical material
Copper?
wood
softwood
brass.
Object type
Radio communication
Dimensions
Height: 250mm Width: 635mm Depth: 146mm
Inventory No
70198
Accession Number
2004-9/26

Description

'Long Tom' Aerial Tuning Inductance Coil, made of copper?, on movable wooden splindle in softwood frame. With nine brass terminals upon frame: two on the sides and seven on top. Frame mounted on wooden base.