Jenkins "Radiovisor" mechanical television receiver
date: label: Date made
content: c1928
label: date made
content: ca 1928
label: date made
content: ca. 1928
name: label: inventor
content: Jenkins, C. Francis
label: maker
content: Jenkins Television Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: First television for home use. 10" aluminum-mounted lens and 45 degree mirror mounted on mahogany case. Contains drum scanner. This receiver was used for the reception of "Radiomovies" and television in the home. It makes pictures that appear about six inches square and uses a four-cathode neon radio-controlled lamp, a helical-aperture scanning drum and quartz rods to carry the light from the lamp to the apertures in the drum surface. It was called "Radiovisor" by Jenkins to indicate that the signal was over the air waves; television, as he stated, was the word used to indicate that the signal was carried over wires. Reference: "Radiomovies, Radiovision, Television", by Jenkins (pages 62, 63, 64).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from C. Francis Jenkins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.314252
label: catalog number
content: 314252
label: accession number
content: 105044
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Receiver, television
label: Object Name
content: television receiver
label: Object Name
content: mechanical television receiver
label: Other Terms
content: Receiver, television; Television Receiver; Components; Radio and Television; Radio and Television
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in x 20 in; 57.15 cm x 29.21 cm x 50.8 cm