Microphone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CARBON/DOUBLE BUTTON/TABLE
- DATE
- 1926
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1977.0259.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Northern Electric Co. Ltd. of Canada
- MODEL
- 600A
- LOCATION
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N348
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- MACHINED STEEL NICKLE-PLATED BODY/ DURALUMINUM DIAPHRAGM/ BRASS BRIDGE/ CARBON BUTTONS/ STEEL RING, MOUNTING HOOKS & MISC HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 17.8 cm
- Height
- 22.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Northern Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- City
- Montreal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1926-1936
- Canada
-
USED IN EARLY RADIO BROADCASTING/ MADE IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO PICK UP SOUND, SUCH AS VOICE, MUSIC, ETC. AND CONVERT IT TO COMPLEX ALTERNATING CURRENTS WHICH ARE AMPLIFIED AND TRANSMITTED AS RADIO SIGNALS - Technical
-
MOST COMMON MICROPHONE IN THE EARLY RADIO BROADCASTING PERIOD - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED ON BACK: 'NORTHERN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED/ 600-A/ PATENTED/ 1919 1926 RD 1923/ N348'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- NICKLE-PLATED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Northern Electric Co. Ltd. of Canada, Microphone, circa 1926, Artifact no. 1977.0259, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0259.001/
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