Spark gap
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ENCLOSED/OIL-IMMERSED
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0472.001
- MANUFACTURER
- POSTAL TEL. CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- 38120
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- wood, brass, ebonite
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.4 cm
- Width
- 7.8 cm
- Height
- 22.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- POSTAL
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
DONATED TO NRC IN 1934 BY DONALD MCNICOL, PAST PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERS. DOCUMENTATION FROM MR. MCNICOL: OIL-IMMERSED SPARK-GAP USED IN WIRELESS TRIALS DURING YACHT RACES, NAVASINK HIGHLANDS, N.Y., 1901. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- NO TRANSMITTER From CA of 12/12/1996 by Kevin Machan: Yes - Missing: several external and internal components, fastening screws.
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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POSTAL TEL. CO., Spark gap, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1969.0472, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0472.001/
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