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Radio Receiver, Type SE-950, Used by Charles Francis Jenkins in Experiment Detecting Radio Signals from Mars
National Electric Supply Company1918-03-26
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
The SE950 was produced commercially during WWI as a rugged field radio; its versatile nature allowed it to remain useful in Charles Francis Jenkins' laboratory. The radio was used in a curious 1924 experiment as Mars drew near Earth's orbit. The SE950 was connected to a device capable of photographically recording any "alien communication" broadcast during military-imposed radio silence.
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- Title: Radio Receiver, Type SE-950, Used by Charles Francis Jenkins in Experiment Detecting Radio Signals from Mars
- Creator: National Electric Supply Company
- Date: 1924-08
- Date Created: 1918-03-26
- Location: United States, District of Columbia, Washington, Mars (Planet)
- Subject Keywords: Jenkins, C. Francis (Charles Francis), 1867-1934, Todd, David, Communication, Radio telemetry, Wireless communication systems, Radio (Telecommunication system), Radio receivers, Radio direction finders
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Patent Date: 1918
- Object Name: Radio receiver
- Object ID: 40.567.33
- Manufacturer: National Electric Supply Company
- Inventor: Charles Jenkins
- Invention: Radio receiver
- Image ID: THF156814
- Field: Radio
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Grace Jenkins.
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