Teleprinter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 7 LEVEL/TAPE/RO
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0332.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Cable & Wireless Ltd.
- MODEL
- B8
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- 46
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD BASE & CABINET/ STEEL CHASSIS/ BRASS & STEEL WORKING PARTS/ ALUMINUM FACING/ CERAMIC & BRASS SWITCH
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 65.0 cm
- Width
- 36.5 cm
- Height
- 41.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Cable Wireless
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- LATE 1920'S TO EARLY 1950'S
- Canada
-
PROBABLY USED ON OUR FIRST UNDERSEA CABLES TO BRITAIN. - Function
-
TO RECEIVE & AUTOMATICALLY TRANSLATE TELEGRAPH SIGNALS INTO A PRINTED FORMAT ONTO PAPER TAPE. - Technical
-
EARLY EXAMPLE OF AUTOMATIC RECEIVING AND PRINTING TECHNOLOGY FOR OVERSEAS CABLE COMMUNICATION. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BRASS PLAQUE ON FRONT READS: 'DIRECT PRINTER/ PAT. NOS. 463975, 6 & 7/ TYPE B.8. SERIAL NO. 46/ CABLE & WIRELESS LTD./ 2'/ SWITCH: 'OFF ON'/ PARTIAL DECAL ON WOODEN BASE: '[?]T.C./ T [?] 599'
- Missing
- From CA of 11/25/1996 by Kevin Machan: Yes - Missing: window glass in large cover.
- Finish
- WOOD VARNISHED/ SOME METAL PARTS PAINTED BLACK, REST NATURAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Cable & Wireless Ltd., Teleprinter, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1978.0332, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0332.001/
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