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Tuned Circuit Transmitter, by Marconi Company, London, c. 1900

Inventory Number 64464


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.64464

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
Primary inscriptions
"MARCONI'S WIRELESS / TELEGRAPH COMPANY LTD. / LONDON" printed on plastic label attached to vertical surface of frame. "No 3" printed on circular celluloid label upon base.
Object type
Radio communication
Dimensions
Height: 290mm Width: 280mm Depth: 155mm
Inventory No
64464
Accession Number
2004-9/388

Description

Tuned Circuit Transmitter, with square mahogany frame and carrying two windings. One of these is in series with a Leyden jar and the spark-gap, the brass balls of which were connected to the terminals of an induction coil. The other winding, consisting of a single turn, was connected between the aerial and the earth.