Long wave crystal receiver

Description

Wireless long wave crystal receiver constructed for reception of Paris Time signals from the Eiffel Tower, range 300 to 3600 metres, mahogany top and base, made by Alex Steuart, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1913

Museum reference

T.1931.21

Collection

Industry and Commerce : Communications

Object name

Crystal receiver

Production information

Steuart, Alexander, 1884 - 1960, Wireless equipment maker
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1913

Materials

Mahogany, Crystal

Physical description

Mahogany base and top, crystal on top

Associations

Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, Western Europe

Exhibitions

• Shaping Our World (29 Jul 2011 - 03 Aug 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland