Receiver, telephone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BUTTERSTAMP
- DATE
- 1879
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0604.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Chester
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN RECEIVER, EAR CAP & COIL SPOOL/ SHEET METALDIAPHRAM/ METAL TERMINALS & SCREWS/ COTTON WRAPPED WIRE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 7.3 cm
- Height
- 16.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Chester
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- CIRCA 1879
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS. - Technical
-
HAND TELEPHONES WERE USED BOTH AS TRANSMITTERS & RECEIVERS AT FIRST. THIS WAS VERY AWKWARD & SOON TWO SUCH TELEPHONES WERE USED AT THE SAME TIME, ONE AS TRANSMITTER & THE OTHER AS A RECEIVER. A BELL AND A PUSHBUTTON FOR RINGING WERE ALSO SOON ADDED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PAINTED IN WHITE ON HANDLE IS: '103'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- VARNISHED WOOD/ BLACK PAINTED SHEET METAL/ BRASS PLATED METAL TERMINALS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Chester, Receiver, telephone, circa 1879, Artifact no. 1969.0604, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0604.001/
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