Fessenden electrolytic radio signal detector
A fine wire tip dipped in acid turned incoming radio waves into a current that earphones could play as sound.
- Date
- 1903
- Maker
- Reginald Aubrey Fessenden
- Dimensions
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 6 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 15.24 cm x 8.89 cm
- Others named in the record
- Fessenden, Reginald Aubrey (associated person)
- Museum
- National Museum of American History
- Credit line
- from Marion Armstrong
The museum's own record (Smithsonian, National Museum of American History)
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