![[Photo: De Forest Tube]](12_lee_de_forest.jpg)
According to the interpretive text: "The three-element tube invented by Lee de Forest in 1906 was at first used only to detect radio waves. But others experimented with modifications of the tube and found it could both amplify signals and produce radio waves. A relatively inexpensive item, it quickly became popular with amateurs."
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