Fessenden Wireless Telegraph System, 1908-1910

Artifact

Radio detector

Date Made

1908-1910

Creators

National Electric Signaling Company 

Place of Creation

United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh 

Keywords

Radio detectors 

Communication 

Radio (Telecommunication system) 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

36.600.8

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Hard Rubber
Iron alloy
Copper alloy
Wood (Plant material)

Dimensions

Height: 8.75 in

Width: 8 in

Length: 9.75 in

Inscriptions

plaque: Fessenden Wireless Telegraph System Patented Aug. 12 1902 Other Patents Issued & Pending National Electric Signaling Co., Pittsburgh, PA No. 1915 condenser: Western Electric Co. No. 21-E Condenser, Capacity 2 . . . Patented in U.S.A. Jan. 19 1897 - Oct. 6 1908