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OBJECT TYPE: WOOD/WALL/COMMON BATTERY
DATE: 1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0013.001

MANUFACTURER: Northern Electric Co. Ltd. of Canada
MODEL: 85 CB
LOCATION: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: OAK BACKBOARD & CABINET/ BRASS GONGS, CLAPPER, SWITCH HOOK & PLATE, XMTR. COVER, HINGES, INSET XMTR. CARBON BLOCK COVER, SCREWBRACKET, CORD GROMMET, CONTACT SPRING, & TERMINALS/ STEEL XMTR. ARM & BRACKET, CONTACT SPRING & BIN RINGER BRACKETS, INSET RECVR. & XMTR. DIAPHRAGMS, INSET XMTR. BRIDGE BRACKET & CONDENSER/ BAKELITE RECEIVER, MOUTHPIECE, & COIL ENDS/ PAPER DIAGRAM & COIL COVERS/ COTTON COATED WIRE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 26.5 cm
Width: 23.0 cm
Height: 60.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Telephony
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Northern Electric
Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
City: Montreal

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1900
Canada: MADE IN CANADA.
Function: TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED BACKBOARD TOP: 'SIG PROPERTY OFFICER/ FRED STEVEN'/ BLACK INKED CIRCUIT DIAGRAM: 'CIRCUITS, COMMON BATTERY WALL SET/ U.S. SIGNAL CORPS.'/INCISED BIN RINGER SPOOLS: '500'/ INCISED XMTR. BACK COVER: 'NORTHERN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED'/ INCISED SWITCH HOOK: 'PATENTED'.
Missing: 2 SCREWS FOR HINGE.
Finish: WALNUT STAINED OK/ NICKEL PLATED BRASS, EXCEPT INSET XMTR. CARBON BLOCK COVER; & STEEL INSET XMTR. DIAPHRAGM/ BLACK PAINTED STEEL CONDENSER, BIN RINGER BRACKET, & XMTR. ARM & BRACKET/ BLACK BAKELITE, EXCEPT BROWN EARPIECE (WITH GREEN & BEIGE PAINT SPLATTERS)/ GREEN PAPER COIL COVERS/ STAINED PAPER DIAGRAM/ BROWN COTTON.
Decoration: N/A

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Northern Electric Co. Ltd. of Canada, Telephone, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1978.0013, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0013.001/

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