General Information

Serial #

665-A3

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAST METAL BASE/ WOOD PLATFORM & COVERS/ BRASS/ STEEL/ METAL/ PLASTIC/ WIRE/ RUBBER/ GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length

54.0 cm

Width

27.1 cm

Height

27.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telegraphy

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MUIRHEAD

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Westminster

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

A DEVICE THAT CONVERTS PERFORATED SLIP MARKS INTO ELECTRICAL IMPULSES FOR TRANSMISSION TO OTHER STATIONS

Technical

ENABLED ALREADY PERFORATED TAPE MESSAGES TO BE AUTOMATICALLY TRANSMITTED

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON FRONT VERTICAL PARTITION:'MUIRHEAD & CO. LTD. SERIAL NO. 665-A3'/ LEFT SIDE SWITCH:'CABLE/SLIP' & 'MORSE/SLIP'/ ON POLAR RELAY COVER:'JUDD & FRASER'OS PATENT/ NO.19099/05/ WORKSHOP SINGAPORE'/ ON POLAR RELAY BASE: 'WORKSHOP 59.116.2 SINGAPORE' & '5' ON COMPONENT/ ON MOTOR:'PHONIC MOTOR/ TYPE N7/ MUIRHEAD & CO. LTD./ NO. 141915/ 100V. LOW POWER' & '27'/ GRADUATED MARKINGS WITH INTERVALS OF '0' & ARROWS ON TOP HALF OF MOTOR CIRCUMFERENCE/ ON MOTOR CAM SHAFT: 'PARTRIDGES/ PAT./ 28068'/ APPLIED '9' BASE RIGHT FRONT & TOP RIGHT OF LARGE COVER/ '7571' PAINTED IN RED ON WOOD PLATFORM

Missing

INTERNAL MECHANISM COMPONENTS & COGWHEELS/ END CONNECTIVE ON LEFT SIDE WIRE From CA of 12/06/1996 by Kevin Machan: No - Complete

Finish

BASE, FRONT, MOTOR & INTERNAL COMPONENTS PAINTED BLACK/ VARNISHED WOOD PLATFORM & COVERS

Decoration

MORTICE & TENON JOINERY ON COVERS/ ON FRONT LEFT OF BASE A BRASS LABEL HOLDER IS FASTENED