The Radio Robot
Ralph Stair of the Bureau of Standards has invented the Radio Robot, an electrical and mechanical trouble-shooter for radio receiving data. It is almost a human detective in finding radio troubles, testinng and "pepping up" vacuum tubes, testing radio parts and complete receiving sets, both alternating-current and direct-current and is a portable power pack
- Date
- 1929-08-24
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 5,109 × 3,958 pixels
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