Tuner, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- VARIOMETRE
- DATE
- 1922
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0662.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Atwater Kent
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BAKELITE, WIRE, BRASS SCREWS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.1 cm
- Width
- 19.1 cm
- Height
- 10.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Atwater Kent
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS A TUNING UNIT ON EARLY ATWATER KENT RADIO RECEIVERS. - Technical
-
ONE OF THE BETTER QUALITY TUNING UNITS MADE IN THE EARLYDAYS OF BROADCASTING. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE SCREWED TO BASE BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: 'ATWATER KENT/ PHILA./ PATENTS PENDING'/ 'FG', 'A3', 'A2', 'A1' APPEARS IN RAISED PRINT BESIDETERMINALS/ TUNING DIAL BEARS SCALE '0' TO '100'.
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE.
- Finish
- BODY DARK BROWN; GREEN WIRES.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Atwater Kent, Tuner, radio, circa 1922, Artifact no. 1985.0662, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1985.0662.001/
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