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Crystal set
BBC Gecophone
(manufacturer)
crystal detector set, screwed onto oblong wooden box, comprising a 'catwhisker' of coiled wire and piece of crystal, to detect or rectify wireless wave currents, plastic circular tuning device, and earphones, attached to head piece, to convert signal into sound waves
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F99.33.4
Historical Associations
Association Type:
Date: 1925 (circa)
Place: Cardiff
Creation/Production
Acquisition
Donation, 12/7/1999
Measurements
Length
(cm): 20.5 (of wooden box)
Width
(cm): 14 (of wooden box)
diameter
(cm): 6 (of earphone)
Depth
(cm): 5 (of wooden box)
Material
Wood
Glass
Plastic
Metal
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