Handset
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1975.0201.001
- MANUFACTURER
- T.E.L.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BAKELITE HANDSET/ METAL INSET RECEIVER/ PLASTIC COATED WIRES/ METAL CONNECTORS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.6 cm
- Width
- 6.5 cm
- Height
- 9.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- TEL
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- CIRCA 1930
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO RECEIVE & TRANSMIT TELEPHONE SIGNALS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- EMBOSSED IN A PIE-SHAPED CIRCLE ON THE BAKELITE HANDLE IS:'T/E/L'/ EMBOSSED ON THE INSIDE OF THE RECEIVER MOUTHPIECE IS:'NO. 18/ [AN 'E' ON TOP OFANOTHER 'E'] BA/ ENGRAVED INTO THE METAL OF THE INSIDE INSET RECEIVER IS: '40 [THE SYMBOL FOR OHMS] C'/ PAINTED IN YELLOW ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DIAPHRAGM COVER IS: '12/ REMOVE & REPLACE/ DIAPHRAGM ONLY/ BY GENTLY SLIDING/ SIDEWAYS/ FERROSIL'/ ENGRAVED INTO METAL CLIP AT THE END OF THE COIL WIRE IS:'H4CB/64'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK BAKELITE/ BLACK PAINTED INSET RECEIVER DIAPHRAGM/ INSET RECEIVER BATTERY & INSIDE METAL ARE LACQUERED
- Decoration
- N/A
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T.E.L., Handset, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1975.0201, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.0201.001/
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