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Marconi Long Wave Panel Type 229B, by Marconi Company, English, c. 1920

Inventory Number 41345


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.41345

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
Primary inscriptions
"MARCONI I. M. COM. CO. LTD. / LONG WAVE PANEL / TYPE 229B INST NO 2238" on ebonite panel.
Object type
Radio communication
Dimensions
Height: 220mm Width: 80mm Depth: 335mm
Inventory No
41345
Accession Number
2004-9/91

Description

Marconi Long Wave Panel Type 229B, with reactance and inductance dials (respective scales 1-7 and 1-8), two bakelite? off/on switches, two chromium terminal pairs (inductance and reaction), and printed data table on surface. On vertical ebonite panel with chromium-plated fittings in teak case. Previously catalogued with Marconi Receiver Type 226B (Inv. Num. 40124), Marconi Note Magnifier Type 227B (Inv. Num. 76594), and two associated Radio Valves (Inv. Num.s 88794 & 85569).