Subset, telephone

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OBJECT TYPE: WOOD/WALL/CONDENSOR
DATE: 1937
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1974.0581.001

MANUFACTURER: NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO.
MODEL: 295A
LOCATION: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOODEN BOX & INDUCTION COIL ENDS/ BRASS GONGS, CLAPPER, SCREWS, PLATES, HINGES, BIN RINGER HOLDER, GROMMETS & WASHERS/ STEEL CONDENSOR & BAR COVER/ CARDBOARD COIL SPOOLS/ PLASTIC & CLOTH COATED WIRE/ LOOSE PAPER INDUCTION COIL COVER/ GLUED PAPER CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

Dimensions

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

Length: 23.0 cm
Width: 16.4 cm
Height: 10.1 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: NORTHERN ELECTRIC
Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
City: Montreal

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: CIRCA 1937
Canada: Unknown
Function: CONSISTS OF GONGS, INDICATOR, CAPACITOR & BIN RINGER FOR RECEIVING SIGNALS FOR A COMMON BATTERY PHONE (DESK SET)
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ILLEGIBLE DECAL PROBABLY WASNORTHERN ELECTRONIC'S STANDARD DECAL, SIMILAR TO THAT ON NMST 680378.007/ ENGRAVED INSIDE FRONT COVER IS: '295 A'/ STAMPED IN RED INSIDE FRONT COVER IS: 'M [WITHIN A SQUARE] 11 37'/ ENGRAVED IN THE CONDENSOR IS: 'CONDENSOR 21F/ CAPACITY 1MF/ NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO LIMITED/ PAT 1914'/ ENGRAVED IN ONE END OF THE WOODEN INDUCTION COIL ENDS & PAINTED IN WHITE IS: 'IND NO 46'/ PAINTED IN WHITE ON THE PAPER COIL COVER IS: 'M'
Missing: CLAPPER GUARD/ PARTS HAVE BEEN DISCONNECTED
Finish: WALNUT STAINED & VARNISHED WOOD/ BLACK PAINTED BRASS GONGS, CLAPPER, ONE SCREW, PLATE AROUND SCREW, HINGES & GROMMETS/ BLACK PAINTEDSTEEL CONDENSOR & WOODEN INDUCTION COIL ENDS
Decoration: GOLD & BLACK DECAL ON FRONT COVER ALMOST ALL PEELED OFF/ DOVE-TAILED BOX

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NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO., Subset, telephone, circa 1937, Artifact no. 1974.0581, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1974.0581.001/

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