Test set, telephone line
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HANDSET
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0085.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Automatic Tel. Mfg. Co. of Canada Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS HANDLE, BACK OF DIAL PLATE, ROTARY DIAL & FINGER STOP/ STEEL DIAL, RECEIVER & TRANSMITTER BASES, TRANSMITTER & RECEIVER COVERS & INSET TRANSMITTER WASHER/ COPPER RECEIVER & TRANSMITTER RIMS/ BAKELITERECEIVER COVER & PUSH BUTTON/ WOOD INSET TRANSMITTER WASHER/ COTTON WRAPPED WIRE/ CERAMIC LETTER PLATE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.0 cm
- Width
- 7.0 cm
- Height
- 8.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Automatic Telephone
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- CIRCA 1920'S
- Canada
-
MADE AND USED IN CANADA - Function
-
FOR USE BY LINEMEN IN BRIDGING ONTO A TELEPHONE CIRCUIT - Technical
-
AS DIAL SYSTEMS SPREAD, IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE REPAIRMAN TO HAVE A SET THAT COULD BE PLUGGED IN ANYWHERE IN THE SYSTEM TO TEST SWITCHES AND CIRCUITS. THIS IS AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF SUCH A SET WITH A BUILT-IN DIAL. OFFICIALLY CALLED A "SET, HAND, TEST" THEY WERE COMMONLY KNOWN AS "BUTT-INS". - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PAINTED IN BLACK ON CERAMIC PLATE IS:'AUTOMATIC/ TEL. MFG. CO./ OF/ CANADA LTD.'/ ENGRAVED IN BRASS ROTARY DIAL IS:'PAT. 13/ 148812.'/ STAMPED IN RED PAINT ON TRANSMITTER BASE IS:'3K.2040-B'/ GLUED PAPER LABELS READ:'105' & '5'
- Missing
- ORIGINAL CLIPS
- Finish
- NICKEL PLATED BRASS/ STEEL PAINTED BLACK ENAMEL EXCEPT FOR INSET TRANSMITTER WASHER/ DIAL PLATE PAINTED WHITE WITH BLACK LETTERS/ BLACK ENAMELED COPPER
- Decoration
- N/A
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Automatic Tel. Mfg. Co. of Canada Ltd., Test set, telephone line, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1978.0085, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0085.001/
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