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- OBJECT TYPE
- MECHANICAL
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0054.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 9.1 cm
- Height
- 5.9 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
PROBABLY USED BEFORE THE CALCULAGRAPH BECAME COMMON OR IN VERY SMALL OFFICES. - Function
-
USED BY OPERATORS TO TIME LONG DISTANCE CALLS. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'J' AND 'UNSHANS' (?) INSCRIBED INSIDE AN 8 POINTED STAR ON DIAL FACE.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BROWN ANODIZED METAL/ WHITE DIAL WITH GRADUATED 0 TO 12 MINUTES.
- Decoration
- HAS SET & WIND LEVER ON RIGHT HAND SIDE AT 3 O'CLOCK AND STOP-START LEVERL AT 1 O'CLOCK.
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Unknown Manufacturer, Timer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1978.0054, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0054.001/
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