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Radio Valve Receiver, One Valve, Home-Made

Inventory Number 80833


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.80833

Item type
Object
Object type
Radio valve
Dimensions
Height: 245mm Width: 117mm Depth: 347mm Weight: 2.5kg
Inventory No
80833
Accession Number
1966-80

Description

Tall wooden case, which opens via a sliding wooden panel, revealing a homemade radio valve receiver. The inside of the box is partitioned into three parts, one of which contains the receiver, a ring shaped attachment is stored in the second, and the third is empty. The receiver is comprised of a black panel with a metal dial and is linked to a coil of string and wire connectors. There are two ring collar attachments and one loose wooden panel.