Receiver, radio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FM/TRF/BATTERY/TUBE/TABLE
- DATE
- 1923
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0031.001
- MANUFACTURER
- FEDERAL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO.
- MODEL
- 110
- LOCATION
- Buffalo, New York, 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
- WOODEN CASE; BAKELITE FRONT PANEL AND KNOBS; METAL HARDWARE; GLASS, METAL AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 30.0 cm
- Width
- 33.5 cm
- Height
- 36.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- FEDERAL TELEPHONE
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Buffalo
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROABABLY USED IN THE 1920S
- Canada
-
DONOR IS A RADIO AMATEUR AND COLLECTOR. HE PURCHASED THE RADIO IN 1985 FROM MR. PERCY VAUGHAN, A RETIRED OFFICIAL OF THE CRTC. [REF 1] - Function
-
USED TO RECEIVE, DEMODULATE, AND AMPLIFY RADIO WAVES. - Technical
-
CONSIDERABLE DIVERSITY IN RADIO RECEIVER CIRCUIT DESIGN BEFORE THE SUPERHETERODYNE WAS INTRODUCED IN 1924. BUILDERS EMPLOYED VARIOUS CRYSTAL, TUNED CIRCUIT, REFLEX & REGENERATIVE & OTHER CONFIGURATIONS TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED EFFECT. THIS SET IS HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT TO HELP DEMONSTRATE THIS DIVERSITY [REF 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTING ON FRONT PANEL INCLUDES: 'Federal/ TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO./ BUFFALO, N.Y. U.S.A./ WAVE LENGTH/ PHONES/ VERNIER/ SELECTIVITY/ R.F. AMP./ CONTROL/ INCREASE/ A.F. RHEO/ INCREASE/ DET. RHEO./ INCREASE/ R.F. RHEO./ INCREASE/ A.F. AMPLIFIER DETECTOR'/ INSTRUCTION SHEET INSIDE LID READS IN PART: 'FOR DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS SEE BOOKLET/ WHICH SHOULD BE ENCLOSED WITH THIS SET/ ANTENNA/.../ FACE PLAN OF TYPE 110 RECEIVER/ GROUND/.../ Condensed Operating Schedule/.../ Cautions:.../ COMPLETE Federal No. 110 RECEIVER comes/ to you with the following accessories/ 1...Headset/ 1...Universal Plug/ 1 Dummy Telephone Plug'
- Missing
- NO. 53-W HEADSET; NO. 15 UNIVERSAL PLUG; AND A DUMMY TELEPHONE PLUG
- Finish
- CASESTAINED AND VARNISHED; BLACK FRONT PANEL AND KNOBS; WHITE PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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FEDERAL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO., Receiver, radio, circa 1923, Artifact no. 1999.0031, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1999.0031.001/
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