Wireless Speciality "Perikon" crystal radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: 1909
name: label: maker
content: Wireless Specialty Apparatus Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: "Perikon / Wireless / Speciality / Apparatus Co. / 81 New St., New York. / Patented Jan. 21,1908 / April 28,1908 Other Patents Pending". Also: "Modified type 1503 / Serial No. P.R.C. 198." Seven sections of Perikon are embedded in a circular disc upon which presses a crystal element from a movable circular disc, adjustable by means of a knob and spring mechanism. An ON-OFF switch is provided on the hard rubber panel, together with appropriate posts for battery, telephone, and tuner connections. Original price: $ 71.25. Reference: Clark collection: SRM 50-616.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.321302
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 321302
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
label: Object Name
content: crystal radio
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 13.97 cm x 10.795 cm