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OBJECT TYPE: WOOD/WALL/DIAL/CONDENSER
DATE: 1935
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0043.001

MANUFACTURER: Northern Electric Co. Ltd. of Canada
MODEL: N293G.X.
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BIRCH CABINET/ WOODEN INDUCTION COIL ENDS/ BRASS GROMMETS, HINGES, TELEPHONE BOOK & SWITCH HOOKS, SCREW LOCK ASSEMBLY, PLATE, GONGS, CLAPPER, PART OF BIN RINGER BRACKET; DIAL BACK & GOVERNOR CAP; ROTATING DIAL, FINGER STOP,XMTR. COVER, INSET XMTR. CARBON BUTTON ASSEMBLY, CONTACT SPRING, TERMINALS, & BRASS INSET RECEIVER HOUSING; STEEL INSET RECEIVER BARS & COVER, BRACKETS, DIAL WORKING PARTS, CONDENSER, & INSET XMTR. BACK; BAKELITE MOUTHPIECE & RECEIVER; COTTON; PAPER

Dimensions

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

Length: 25.5 cm
Width: 18.0 cm
Height: 23.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Northern Electric
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1935
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED: XMTR.: 'NORTHERN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED'; INTERIOR LID & CABINET BACK (ALSO RED PAINTED BACK): 'N293G.X.'; CONTACT SPRING BRACKET: '143-A'; DIAL: 'MADE IN CANADA/ NORTHERN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED/ PATENTED 1920 1921'; CONDENSER: 'CONDENSER 21F/ CAPACITY 1MF/ NORTHERN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED/ PAT. 1914'; BAND: 'II 48'/ MOLDED RAISED LETTERED RECEIVER: 'NORTHERN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED' & 'PAT. 1918 144'/ RED PAINTED: INTERIOR LID: 'TR I 35'; DIAL BACK: 'T [WITHIN A SQUARE] 133' & '4-H'/ WHITE PAINTED BIN RINGER COVERS: '700-J'/ BLACK INKED CORD LABEL, WITHIN A BORDER: 'CORD/ MADE IN/ CANADA/ PATENTED/ 1912/ PATENTED 1919'. INCISED ON BIN RINGER: '8-A'
Missing: DECAL HAS PEELED OFF FRONT LID.
Finish: BLACK PAINTED WOOD; BRASS, EXCEPT PART OF BIN RINGER BRACKET, GOVERNOR CAP, FINGER STOP, INSET XMTR. CARBON BUTTON ASSEMBLY, CONTACTSPRING, & TERMINALS; & STEEL INSET XMTR. COVER (1 SIDE; OTHER SIDE LACQUERED)/ NICKEL PLATED BRASS TERMINALS & CONTACT SPRING; & STEEL DIAL WORKING PARTS & INSET XMTR. BACK/ PURPLE PAINTED STEEL INSET RECEIVER COIL ENDS/ BLACK BAKELITE& PAPER COIL COVERS/ BROWN COTTON COATED WIRE.
Decoration: DOVE TAILED CABINET/ WHITE PLASTIC DIAL PLATE, WITH BLACKLETTERS & NUMBERS.

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Northern Electric Co. Ltd. of Canada, Telephone, circa 1935, Artifact no. 1978.0043, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0043.001/

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