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Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin - Exhibit of the Month

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Exhibit of the Month: Pineapples and Sunflowers from Görlitzer Train Station, 1866

Photo: The yellow brick mould pieces are nicely decorated: On top are floral elements in change with pineapples lying on sunflowers.

150 years ago, travellers from Berlin towards the southeast were received by exotic terracotta-decorations at Görlitzer Train Station.

Glass cabinet in the entrance hall

Exhibit of the Month April: Makeshift TV Antenna from a Russian Barrack, circa 1990

Photo: A wooden board is fixed on a bigger sheet metal. On the board is the antenna made of a thin metal strip and connected with the signalling cable.

Made with simple materials, this cubical quad antenna enabled a nearly interference-free radio and TV reception.


Glass cabinet in the entrance hall

Exhibit of the Month March: Fishing Boat from the Curonian Lagoon, not to scale

Photo: The model ship is made of wood. Three white sails are set. A brown net with floats and stones is fixed at the mast for drying.

Until the end of the Second World War fishermen worked on boats like this in the curionian lagoon which is located in the eastern Baltic Sea.

Glass cabinet in the entrance hall

Exhibit of the Month February: Dilatometer from Paris, circa 181

Photo: Close up of the dilatometers circular dial. It has a diameter of 15 centimetres and is shaped like a clock face.

How does the dilatometer determine the expansion of material samples?

With heat!


Glass cabinet in the entrance hall

Exhibit of the Month January: Mercury Vapour Rectifier, circa 1941

Photo: An evacuated glass bulb with two graphite electrodes

How does this old fashioned rectifier convert alternating current into direct current?

Glass cabinet in the entrance hall




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