Sounder
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MAIN LINE/20 OHMS
- DATE
- 1915–1924
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0652.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Ahearn & Soper Ltd.
- MODEL
- GIANT
- 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
- WOOD BASE/ ALUMINUM LEVER/ BRASS FRAME/ METAL/ RUBBER/ WIRE.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.3 cm
- Width
- 7.6 cm
- Height
- 9.0 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
-
A DEVICE THAT CONVERTS ELECTROMAGNETIC CODE IMPULSES INTO SOUND. - Technical
-
FREED THE HANDS & EYES, PERMITTING THE OPERATOR TO FOCUSHIS ATTENTION IN TRANSCRIBING THE MESSAGE ON PAPER. ALSO PROVIDED GREATER RECEPTION OF CODED SIGNALS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED ON LEVER FRONT: 'AHEARN & SOPER LIMITED/ OTTAWA, ONTARIO'/ INCISED ON BASE: '20'.
- Missing
- There is an empty hole and it sits crooked, there may be a missing foot.
- Finish
- VARNISHED BASE.
- Decoration
- ROUNDED BASE CORNERS.
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Ahearn & Soper Ltd., Sounder, circa 1915–1924, Artifact no. 1968.0652, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1968.0652.001/
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