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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1894
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1969.1565.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL (INCLUDING BRASS, IRON & COPPER) AND WOOD. FABRIC [ORIGINALLY] COVERED WIRES. BAKELITE (?) COVERING ON COIL DRUMS.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 14.4 cm
Width: 8.2 cm
Height: 8.1 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Telegraphy
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS SOUNDER USED IN MID 1890S.
Canada: ORIGINAL SOUNDER (1894) REMOVED FROM ST. MARTIN'S JUNCTION (RAILWAY OFFICE ?)
Function: DEVICE WHICH CONVERTS ELECTROMAGNETIC CODE IMPULSES INTO SOUND.
Technical: SOUNDER FREED THE HANDS & EYES OF THE OPERATOR, PERMITTING HIM/HER TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON TRANSCRIBING THE MESSAGE ON PAPER. IT ALSO PROVIDED GREATER RECEPTION OF CODED SIGNALS. THIS SOUNDER HAS A HORIZONTALLY MOUNTED SPRING BENEATH THE BAR: C. 1881 A VERTICALLY MOUNTED SPRING LATER BECAME THE STANDARD. (AS PER BTD)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "G.N.R. CO. [illegible]" stamped into top of one edge of wooden base.
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE.
Finish: ORIGINAL FINISHES OBSCURED BY AGE AND DIRT. BRASS COMPONENTS PROBABLY HAD BRIGHT FINISH; IRON COMPONENTS PROBABLY HAD BLACK/DARKENED FINISH.DARK RED-BROWN WOOD BASE.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Sounder, circa 1894, Artifact no. 1969.1565, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1969.1565.001/

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