He adopted the same method of modulation using a record player amplifier and an astatic crystal microphone.
"The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece A Personal View"
Norman F. Joly
Then along the brow of the pass writhed a wisp of drifting, twisting flakelets, idling hither and yon, astatic and aimless, settling in a hollow.
"Pardners"
Rex Beach