Combination set, telegraph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MAIN LINE/KEY & SOUNDER
- DATE
- 1881–1924
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0311.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Ahearn & Soper
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS/ METAL/ RUBBER/ EBONITE/ WIRE/ PORCELAIN/ LINOLEUM/ WOOD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.0 cm
- Width
- 16.2 cm
- Height
- 8.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Ahearn Soper
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
INSTRUMENTS DESIGNED TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE MORSE CODED SIGNALS. - Technical
-
CIRCUIT CLOSER LEVER ON KEY ELIMINATED UNNECESSARY BATTERY WASTE/ SOUNDER PROVIDED A GREATER RECEPTION OF CODED SIGNALS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED ON KEY PIVOT ARMATURE: 'PATENTED/ FEB 15, 1881'/ INCISED ON KEY BASE: 'AHEARN & SOPER/ OTTAWA, ONT.'/ 'A-1587' WRITTEN IN RED FELT MARKER ON BASE
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- BEVELLED BASE EDGES.
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Ahearn & Soper, Combination set, telegraph, circa 1881–1924, Artifact no. 1968.0311, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1968.0311.001/
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