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An American electrical workshop, 1906–1907: scarred oak bench, rough plaster wall, matte brass fittings, cloth-insulated wire, and a high window outside the frame; one crescent bench gouge and dark solder scorch break the clean geometry. Heated_filament, conducting_grid, and plate_electrode are anchored by separate feedthrough wires inside glass_bulb; the grid occupies the physical gap between filament and plate. Glass_bulb neck seats firmly in tube_stand; all four stand feet contact workbench. Two filament leads continue beyond the lower frame toward heater power; the grid lead contacts receiving_circuit's tuning coil; the plate lead passes through its receiver toward power. Receiving_circuit coil and receiver lie directly on workbench with varied orientations; insulated leads touch their brass terminals. The curved glass_bulb carries one distorted high-window reflection on its upper-left curve, matching the illumination source. 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