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OBJECT TYPE: 4000 OHMS
DATE: 1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1968.0509.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: 677
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD BASE/ IRON/ BRASS/ METAL/ BAKELITE/ WIRE/ RUBBER.

Dimensions

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

Length: 13.5 cm
Width: 7.7 cm
Height: 13.7 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 WHICH OPENS OR CLOSES AN AUXILIARY CIRCUIT UNDER PREDETER- MINED ELECTRICAL CONDITIONS IN THE MAIN CIRCUIT.
Technical: IMPROVED THE QUALITY AND CAPACITY OF TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON BASE TOP: INCISED FRONT PLATE: '4000 OHMS/ TELEPHONES'/ BACK LEFT PLATE: '6 VOLT/ BATTERY'/ BACK RIGHT PLATE: 'LE/ 4000/ OHMS'/ INCISED ON METAL RELAY BASE: '677'.
Missing: From CA of 07/29/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
Finish: VARNISHED BASE/ MAJORITY OF ARMATURE PAINTED BLACK/ LACQUERED BRASS.
Decoration: DOVETAIL JOINERY/ INCISED WHITE LETTERING.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Relay, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1968.0509, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0509.001/

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