THE "MAGIC" OF A DYNE | ||||
Almost everyone in the radio business has heard of the superheterodyne and the Neutrodyne. These were circuits used by any number of manufacturers over the years. Not to miss out on a good thing, a number of firms added the "dyne" to their product's description, apparently feeling that the public would be impressed by it. The "dyne" is a unit of force. One dyne is the force required to accelerate one gram one centimeter per second per second. (Wow!). Just how this applied to radio is a good question. Looking through radio magazines of the 1920's ("dynes" died out in the early thirties) we found the following. No doubt there are more, but this is a start. | ||||
Aero-Dyne. | Radio News, February 1927 | Autodyne | Radio News, April 1929 | |
Clear-O-Dyne | Cleartone Radio Co, Cincinnati, OH Popular Radio, January 1925 |
Compendyne | E Singer Co., NYC, NY Radio Broadcast,January 1925 | |
Deresnadyne | Andrews Radio Co. Chicago, IL Radio Broadcast, May 1925 |
Hilodyne | Algonquin Electric Co., NYC, NY Radio News, 1-28 | Infradyne | Gray & Danielson Mfg. Co. (Remler), San Francisco, CA |
Islodyne | Thorola, Reichmann Co., Chicago, IL Popular Radio, December 1925 |
Logo-Dyne | Kodel Radio Corp. Cincinnati, OH Popular Radio, November 1925 |
Metrodyne | Metro Electric Co. Chicago, IL Radio News, Feb. '27, Jan. '28 | |
Marvodyne | Amber Mfg. Co., NYC, NY Radio Broadcast, April 1925 |
Monodyne | National Airphone Corp. NYC, NY Radio News, February 1924 | |
Morradyne | Morrison Radiophone Co. Bridgeport, CT Radio Broadcast,January 1925 |
Neutro- heterdyne |
Radio News, June 1928 | |
Peridyne | Peridyne, NYC, NY Radio News,Dec. '27, Jan. '28 |
Pliodyne | Golden-Leutz, mc, NYC, NY Radio Broadcast, January 1925 | |
Polydyne | A-C Dayton, A-C Electrical Mfg. Co., Dayton, OH Popular Radio, September 1924 |
Radiodyne | WesteRadio News Coil & Electrical Co., Racine, WI Popular Radio, Sept. '24, Jan. '25 | |
Solodyne | Cummings Radio Corp. Springfield, MO Radio News,June 1928 |
Standardyne | Emerson Radval Corp. NYC, NY Popular Radio, March 1927 | |
Strobodyne | Consrad Co., NYC, NY Radio News, July 1927, April 1928 |
Super-Hilodyne | Potter Products Corp. NYC, NY Radio News, April 1928 | |
Thermiodyne | Thermiodyne Radio Corp., Plattsburgh, NY Popular Radio, January 1925 |
Tone-A-Dyne | Resas, Inc. NYC, NY Radio Broadcast, May 1925 | |
Torodyne | Ainsworth Radio Co., Cincinnati, OH Popular Radio, November 1925 |
Ultradyne | Phenix Radio Corp. NYC, NY Popular Radio, Jan. '25, Sept. '24 | |
Ultradyne | Ultradyne Sales Co. Chicago, IL Radio News, April 1928 |