Spark gap
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- OBJECT TYPE
- OPEN AIR/RADIO
- DATE
- 1912
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1975.0501.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MANHATTAN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CO.
- MODEL
- 467
- 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
- WOOD (OAK) BASE/ ZINC SPARK TERMINALS/ HARD RUBBER ENDS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.5 cm
- Width
- 6.3 cm
- Height
- 5.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MESCO
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PRE-W.W.I
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADA - Function
-
RADIO SPARK TRANSMITTER - Technical
-
GOOD TYPE SAMPLE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'MES CO.' STAMPED IN WOOD BASE
- Missing
- NIL
- Finish
- NICKEL-PLATED STANDARDS
- Decoration
- N/A
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MANHATTAN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CO., Spark gap, circa 1912, Artifact no. 1975.0501, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.0501.001/
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