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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

tubetime ("Tube Time") wrote:

did you know that 100 years ago there were *electromechanical* radio transmitters?

these things are so crazy, you just have to read this

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• Dark hulking machine, radially symmetrical, faced with shiny brass gauges. very steampunk! From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimeton_Radio_Station#/media/File:Alexanderson_Alternator.jpg