- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
- Primary inscriptions
- "MARCONI'S WIRELESS / TELEGRAPH CO LTD / NO 73377 LONDON" on metal plaque on upper surface of base.
- Object type
- Radio communication
- Dimensions
- Height: 150mm Width: 130mm Depth: 200mm
- Inventory No
- 44318
- Accession Number
- 2004-9/461
Description
Variometer And Sliding Capacitor, in varnished teak frame. Variometer in horizonral cylinder, wrapped in copper wire. With two nickel-plated terminals on top of cylinder, and copper knob on side. With two ebonite side panels mounted at a angle on frame, with sliding ebonite scale (scale 0-6) on one ebonite panel and four nickel-plated terminals on other ebonite panel. With sliding capacitor mounted on top of frame.
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