Transmitter, telegraph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MORSE/CABLE/AUTOMATIC
- DATE
- 1900–1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0313.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- 567
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST METAL BASE/ WOOD PLATFORM & COVER/ BRASS/ STEEL/ METAL/ PLASTIC/ RUBBER/ WIRE.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 55.0 cm
- Width
- 27.5 cm
- Height
- 29.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A DEVICE THAT CONVERTS PERFORATED SLIP MARKS INTO ELECTRICAL IMPULSES FOR TRANSMISSION TO OTHER STATIONS. - Technical
-
ENABLED ALREADY PERFORATED TAPE MESSAGES TO BE AUTOMATICALLY TRANSMITTED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON FRONTVERTICAL PARTITION: 'NO.567'/ ON MOTOR: 'MUIRHEAD & CO. LTD./ NO.91059/ TYPE N7'; 'LOW POWER/ 100 VOLTS'/ GRADUTED SCALE WITH INTERVALSOF '0' ON TOP HALF OF MOTOR CIRCUMFERENCE/ ON MOTOR CAM SHAFT: 'ROTHERHAMS COVENTRY'/ 'DD' ON INTERNAL COGWHEEL/ COTC LABEL '8935' AFFIXED TO METAL PLATFORM ON RIGHT SIDE/ '2' PAINTED ON BASE LEFT FRONT.
- Missing
- POLAR RELAY From CA of 12/06/1996 by Kevin Machan: Yes - Missing: polar relay.
- Finish
- BASE, MOTOR & INTERNAL COMPONENTS PAINTED BLACK/ VARNISHED WOOD PLATFORM & COVER/ LACQUERED BRASS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Transmitter, telegraph, between 1900–1925, Artifact no. 1978.0313, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1978.0313.001/
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