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Title: Galena detector, c.1913
Date Created and/or Issued: 1913/ /
Contributing Institution: History San Jose Research Library
Collection: History San Jose Online Catalog
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Description: This crystal (Galena) radio detector was developed in 1913. It was used by wireless (radio) operators to convert radio waves to audible tones. The Galena detector was more rugged but less sensitive than the earlier electrolytic detectors.
Type: image
Identifier: 9CDDEE9E-2045-4575-A795-700860039058
2003-1-378
Subject: Radio--Equipment and supplies (LCSH)
Galena (LCSH)
Radio detectors (LCSH)
Amateur radio stations (LCSH)

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