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by Larry Steckler (Editor), Hugo Gernsback (Author)
Recreation of a 1918 Radio and Parts Catalog for the wireless experimenter. Chock full of all the state-of-the-art devices of that period. You will find items like: complete wireless receiving and sending sets; variable condensers, minerals and crystals, wireless code chart, chromic plunge battery dynamos, Tesla transformer, omnigraph, boy's toys, chemicals, and much much more. It's like taking a time machine in to the electronics industry of that time. Only an old timer will remember this gear, but every electronics enthusiast will treasure this tip through bygone days. The Eletro Importing Company, E.I. Company was THE pioneer supplier of radio parts for the experimenter. Take the journey. You will not be disappointed.
Author Biography
Hugo Gernsback, best known for his predictions of the future (today's world), science fiction (the Hugo award is named after him), electronics publications of all kinds; started the E.I company soon after he came to America. While he is not usually remembered for his mail-order radio parts business, there at 233 Fulton Street, New York, New York, he founded a business that was well known by every radio (scientist, engineer, experimenter) that lived at that time. Born in Luxembourg, he is commemorated in that country of his birth, by an annual exhibition and festival.
