Key, telegraph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WIRELESS/STRAIGHT BAR/LEGLESS
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0486.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Westclox
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL FRAME/ EBONITE OPERATING DISC & BASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.5 cm
- Width
- 4.2 cm
- Height
- 4.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Westclox
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- CIRCA 1939 TO 1945 (WWII)
- Canada
-
USED BY MILITARY - Function
-
A DEVICE FOR OPENING OR CLOSING AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT TO TRANSMIT MESSAGES. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'WESTCLOX' INCISED ONTO BACK OF BASE.
- Missing
- From CA of 09/17/1996 by Kevin Machan: No - Complete
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Westclox, Key, telegraph, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1978.0486, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0486.001/
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