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DescriptionSpark gap transmitter diagram.png	English: Diagram of a spark-gap transmitter, the first widely used type of radio transmitter, used to send Morse code signals during the "wireless telegraphy" era between 1900 and 1920. This example, from a 1917 boy's handcrafts book, shows a typical low power set that was homemade by radio amateurs and hobbyists of the time. Alterations to image: removed caption and added label to telegraph key. Français : Schéma d'un émetteur radiotélégraphique de faible puissance à onde amortie montrant les composants électriques utilisés vers 1917, typique de fabrication artisanale par des radio radiamateurs de l'époque. Utilisé pour envoyer des signaux du code Morse au cours de la " télégraphie sans fil " entre 1900 et 1920. Glossaire: - Aerial – fr:Antenne radioélectrique - Tuning coil – fr:Bobine (électricité) - Leyden jars – fr:Bouteille de Leyde - Spark gap – fr:éclateur - Induction coil – fr:Bobine de Ruhmkorff - Telegraph key – fr:Manipulateur morse - Battery – fr:Pile électrique
Date	1917
Source	Downloaded 2010-03-01 from Ernest Thompson Seton (1917) The Woodcraft Manual for Boys, Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, p.125, fig.3 on Google Books
Author	Ernest Thompson Seton
Permission (Reusing this file)	Public domain in USA - published before 1923 in USA
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