- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
- Primary inscriptions
- "MARCONI'S WIRELESS / TELEGRAPH CO LTD / NO 96103 LONDON" etched on ebonite panel. "MARCONI'S WIRELESS / TELEGRAPH CO LTD / .01 CAPACITY / PATENT NO 15909/09" etched on condenser dial.
- Object type
- Radio communication
- Dimensions
- Height: 210mm Width: 315mm Depth: 290mm
- Inventory No
- 63794
- Accession Number
- 2004-9/404
Description
Marconi Balanced Crystal Receiver Type 16 with ebonite panel on teak case with brass wall-hanging brackets. With aerial tuning inductance, two slide type potentiometers, dials for intensifer (scale 0-90) and jigger (transformer) switch (scale 1-3). With sliding condenser for jigger (scale 0-6), two crystal detectors. With .01 capacitance aerial tuning condenser with tuning dial (scale 0-9,SHORT). With two brass headphone terminals (marked "TELEPHONE") and three brass battery terminals (marked collectively as "BATTERY" and individually as "+", "0", "-"). Previously associated with Instruction Manuals For Marconi Crystal Receiver Type 16 (Inv. Num. 39535).
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