Sounder
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1870
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1975.0034.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- 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
- WOOD BASE/ BRASS/ METAL/ RUBBER/ WIRE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.9 cm
- Width
- 6.4 cm
- Height
- 10.3 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
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1870-1912
- Canada
-
MONTREAL TELEGRAM COMPANY ESTABLISHED THE SYSTEM IN METCALFE & LATER OPERATED BY THE GREAT NORTH WESTERN TELEGRAPH CO. METCALFE'S OFFICE CALL WAS 'XC'. - Function
-
A DEVICE THAT CONVERTS ELECTROMAGNETIC CODE IMPULSES INTO SOUND. - Technical
-
FREED THE HANDS & EYES, PERMITTING THE OPERATOR TO FOCUSHIS ATTENTION IN TRANSCRIBING THE MESSAGE ON PAPER. ALSO PROVIDED GREATER RECEPTION OF CODED SIGNALS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- TENSION SPRING/ BASE ATTACHMENT From CA of 09/06/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
- Finish
- BASE PAINTED BLACK.
- Decoration
- MECHANISM BASE TAPERED AND CURVED ON LEFT SIDE.
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Unknown Manufacturer, Sounder, circa 1870, Artifact no. 1975.0034, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.0034.001/
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