Microphone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CARBON/SINGLE BUTTON/HAND HELD
- DATE
- 1941
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1989.0192.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- 3
- 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
- BAKELITE MICROPHONE & PLUG/ BRASS HARDWARE/ WOVEN FABRIC CORD COVER/ CARBON MICROPHONE CARTRIDGE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.0 cm
- Width
- 7.0 cm
- Height
- 3.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C.1941-1950
- Canada
-
USED BY CANADIAN MILITARY DURING WWII - Function
-
PICKS UP SOUND, VOICE, AND CONVERTS TO COMPLEX ALTERNATING CURRENT. THE CURRENT IS AMPLIFIED TO MODULATE A RADIO TRANSMITTER - Technical
-
DESIGNED FOR ARMED FORCES, TANK AND OTHER MOBILE OPERATIONS. SIMILAR TO MICROPHONE USED IN A NO.19 SET - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED IN HANDLE: 'MICROPHONE/ HAND NO 3'/ ON SIDE BOTTOM: 'PRESS'/ ON VOICEBOX COVER: 'ZA.12672'/ STAMPED ON PLUG: '10'.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- DARK BROWN/ PALE YELLOW PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Microphone, circa 1941, Artifact no. 1989.0192, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1989.0192.001/
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