Inventor Name
Pickard, Greeleaf
Repository
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History
Archives Center
P.O. Box 37012
MRC 601
Constitution Ave., between 12th and 14th Sts., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
202-633-3270
http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives
Physical Description
2 cu. ft. : 2 boxes.
Summary
Early radio inventor, who built the first crystal radio receiver, ca. 1900. In 1906 he patented a silicon crystal detector. Includes fifteen notebooks covering Pickard's experiments.