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The Secret Life of Machines - Season 2 Episode 5

The Secret Life of Machines 1991 -

Title: The Secret Life of Machines - Season 2 Episode 5
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: Channel 4
Cast: Tim Hunkin, Rex Garrod
Crew: Tim Hunkin (Writer)
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Keyword: invention, engineering, educational, machine

Overview:Any electrical spark creates radio waves and acts as a transmitter. You hear sparks on a radio as interference. That's why lighting makes radios crackle, and even the tiny spark in a switch is enough to make a noise on the radio when turning on a light. Episode Contents: Models: Toilet tube crystal set. Machines: Lovely little (1 metre long) RC car made by Rex for kids show. Guests: A Hertz induction coil and loop reciever. Early Marconi radios. Antique BBC transmitter (c.1920) and it's modern equivalent. Various antique sets and accessories. Films: The cartoon life of young Marconi and an old Armstrong. An ad for 1950 plastic RCA portables. Extro: Motorized novelty radios.

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First Air Date: Nov 15, 1988 Last Air date: Mar 25, 1993 Season: 3 Season Episode: 18 Episode Runtime: 30:25 minutes Quality: HD IMDb: 3.4 / 10 by 5 users Popularity: 1.8022 Language: en

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1. The Secret Life of the Car1991-01-08
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2. The Secret Life of the Internal Combustion Engine1991-01-15
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3. The Secret Life of the Quartz Watch1991-01-22
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4. The Secret Life of the Telephone1991-01-29
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5. The Secret Life of the Radio Set1991-01-05
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6. The Secret Life of the Video Recorder1991-02-12
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