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- OBJECT TYPE
- REGENERATIVE/BATTERY/TUBE/TABLE
- DATE
- 1924
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0291.001
- MANUFACTURER
- De Forest Radio Corp. Ltd.
- MODEL
- DE FOREST CROSLEY 52
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- C5875E
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD CABINET; METAL, GLASS, FIBRE & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS & FITTINGS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 34.5 cm
- Width
- 15.5 cm
- Height
- 15.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Deforest
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF RADIO RECEIVER USED 1924+
- Canada
-
EARLY REGENERATIVE RADIO RECEIVER MADE IN TORONTO, ON BY DE FOREST RADIO CORP. LTD. IN 1924. - Function
-
TO DETECT AND AMPLIFY RADIO SIGNALS. - Technical
-
REGENERATIVE RADIO RECEIVERS WERE DEVELOPED IN THE EARLY 1920S, AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CRYSTAL SETS. REGENERATIVE SETS EMPLOYED A VACUUM TUBE TO BOTH DEMODULATE OR DETECT THE SIGNAL, AND TO PROVIDE AMPLIFICATION. CAREFUL CONTROL OF THE LEVEL OF AMPLIFICATION WAS NECESSARY TO PREVENTOSCILLATION OF THE VACUUM TUBE * - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "De Forest/ CROSLEY/ 52" marked on cabinet front. "W.S.J." crudely incised by hand, above. Goldtone decal applied to inside of cabinet lid reads "MANUFACTURED BY/ DE FOREST RADIO/ CORPORATION, LTD./ -TORONTO-/ PATENTED/ 1909-1914-1915-1916- 1917-1918/ 1919-1920-1921-1922-1923/ LICENSED ONLY FOR/ AMATEUR, EXPERIMENTAL,/ AND ENTERTAINMENT USE/ De Forest/ TRADE MARK REG./ CROSLEY/ TRADE MARK REG." Controls, connections, etc. labelled. Serial no. "C5875E" incised on upper inside edge of front panel. Individual components bear mfr's markings.
- Missing
- VACUUM TUBES ARE NOT ORIGINAL. From CA of 12/17/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- DARK WOOD CABINET. BLACK SYNTHETIC PANEL BEARS OFF-WHITE MARKINGS AND SILVER METAL COLOUR INDICATORS AND FITTINGS. BLACK MOULDED SYNTHETIC KNOBS. 3 GLASS VACUUM TUBES VISIBLE INSIDE CABINET. LIGHT BROWN FABRIC COVERING ON WINDINGS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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De Forest Radio Corp. Ltd., Receiver, radio, 1924, Artifact no. 2001.0291, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0291.001/
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