Key, telegraph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- OPEN CIRCUIT
- DATE
- 1885
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1404.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TILLOTSON, L.G. & CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, 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
- BRASS/ STEEL/ EBONITE OPERATING DISC & LEVER KNOB
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.0 cm
- Width
- 5.7 cm
- Height
- 3.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- TILLOTSON
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A DEVICE FOR OPENING OR CLOSING AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT TO TRANSMIT MESSAGES. - Technical
-
ELIMINATED BATTERY WASTE WHEN TRANSMISSIONS WERE NOT BEING MADE, WITHOUT CLOSING INCOMING MESSAGE TRANSFERENCE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON LEFT SIDE OF KEY LEVER: 'L.C. TILLOTSON& CO./ 8 DEY ST. NEW YORK'INCISED MARKINGS.
- Missing
- From CA of 08/14/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
- Finish
- LACQUERED BRASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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TILLOTSON, L.G. & CO., Key, telegraph, circa 1885, Artifact no. 1969.1404, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1404.001/
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