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Figure 49

Description

Figure 49. Dial of a Marconi radiogoniometer. This instrument was thereading device of a radio direction finder that would allow a ship or aircraftto home in on a radio signal and determine the direction to the transmitter.

Credit

Oceanographic Museum of Monaco

Photographer

Y. Berard

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space
History of Oceanography Collection
The Early Instruments - Collections of the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco
Supplemental Material, Demonstration Equipment, and Meteorological Instruments

Keywords

Oceanography