Standard Radio "Giblin Radio Ear" crystal radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1922
label: date made
content: ca 1922
name: label: maker
content: Standard Radio & Electric Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked on lid: "GIBLIN / Patent Pending / RadioEar / Standard Radio and Electric Co. / Pawtucket, R.I." Paper label inside lid includes patent dates: 1/21/08; 11/17/01; 6/15/09; 7/21/14; 9/8/14; 11/24/14; 4/27/15; 1/23/17, and "Licensed for amateur experimental or entertainment purposes only. Any other use will constitute and infringement." Unit is a crystal detector employing a Giblin-Remler type 35 plug-in inductance coil. Crystal detector is encased in a glass covering. Adjustable cat's whisker. Tuning is accomplished with variable condenser equipped with 0-180 degree dial plate. Binding posts on bakelite panel connect to headphones, antenna, and ground. Reference for coil: Remler Radio Catalog, undated. Clark Collection: CWC 15-93A.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Pawtucket
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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.321521
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 321521
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
label: Object Name
content: crystal radio
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 6 3/4 in x 5 5/8 in; 13.335 cm x 17.145 cm x 14.2875 cm