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18-Inch Induction Coil, by Marconi Company, London, 1898

Inventory Number 81193


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.81193

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
Primary inscriptions
"MARCONI'S / WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO LTD / LONDON No 886" printed on brass plaque upon upper surface of mahogany base.
Object type
Radio communication
Dimensions
Height: 1080mm Width: 470mm Depth: 420mm
Inventory No
81193
Accession Number
2004-9/427

Description

18-inch Induction Coil, with 21-inch ebonite-cased coil on mahogany base. With a later copper alloy plaque of Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co. Ltd, additional ivory(?) mini coil and eight lacquered copper alloy electrodes (marked "C1", "C2", "1", "2", "3", "1", "2", "3"), on upper surface of base. With three copper and lacquered copper alloy and switches on vertical ebonite base on side.