Generator, spark
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WIRELESS/VIBRATING SPARK COIL
- DATE
- 1906
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0903.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Connecticut Tel & Electric Co. Inc.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Meriden, Connecticut, 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
- WOOD CASING/ BRASS/ METALS/ EBONITE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.0 cm
- Width
- 12.5 cm
- Height
- 15.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Connecticut
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Connecticut
- City
- Meriden
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A DEVICE USED AS A POWER SOURCE FOR SIGNALS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON TOP SELECTOR SWITCH: 'CONNECTICUT/ TEL & ELECTRIC CO INC/ MERIDEN,CONN. U.S.A/ PAT. MAY 15, 1906. OTHER PATS. PEND.'/ 'CONNECTICUT' ON BACK END; '30' STAMPED INTO WOOD/ FRONT EDGEOF TOP SELECTOR SWITCH: 'BAT. OFF. MAG'/ ON EBONITE PLUG HOUSING: 'CONNECTICUT'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- VARNISHED WOOD CASING
- Decoration
- MORTICE & TENON JOINERY
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Connecticut Tel & Electric Co. Inc., Generator, spark, circa 1906, Artifact no. 1979.0903, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0903.001/
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