Tuska model 224 radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1923
name: label: maker
content: C.D. Tuska Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked on nameplate inside panel: "Tuska Radio Receiving Set / Licensed Under Armstrong / U.S. Patent No. 1113149 / October 6, 1914 and pending / U.S. Pendent Application Serial / No. 807388. / Licensed for amateur and / experimental use only. / The C. D. Tuska Co. / Hartford, Conn. / Type 224 / Serial No. 17307." A regenerative detector employing inductive feedback. A 201-A type triode employed in an Armstrong regenerative circuit. Controls include variable capacitor station selector, regeneration control. Six point multi-tap switch employed across the inductance. Filament rheostat utilized. Price in 1923 - $31.50 REF: "Langley Index", page 70; "Electric Appliance Company Catalog No. 61-R" (Clark Collection).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.320734
label: patent number
content: 1113149
label: serial number
content: 17307
label: catalog number
content: 320734
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 12 in x 6 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 30.48 cm x 16.51 cm