Smoothing unit
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WIRELESS
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0348.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Cable & Wireless Ltd.
- 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
- SHEET METAL CASING/ BAKELITE TOP/ STEEL TERMINALS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.5 cm
- Width
- 10.9 cm
- Height
- 10.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Cable Wireless
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
DEVICE THAT PRODUCED DC VOLTAGES - Technical
-
REPLACED BATTERIES WHICH WERE LARGE, HEAVY & REQUIRED CONSTANT ATTENTION TO ENSURE THEIR EFFICIENCY - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON TOP:'SMOOTHING UNIT TYPE CA4/ + 300 [OHM SYMBOL] 7H +/ INPUT 8MFD.OUTPUT/ - -/ CABLE & WIRELESS LTD./ COTC LABEL '6730' AFFIXED TO FRONT SIDE CASING
- Missing
- 2 SCREWS, 1 FROM EACH SIDE From CA of 09/24/1996 by Kevin Machan: Yes - Missing: chassis attaching screws at the back, pr. left and at the front, pr. right.
- Finish
- CASING PAINTED GREY
- Decoration
- N/A
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Cable & Wireless Ltd., Smoothing unit, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1978.0348, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0348.001/
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