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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1944
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1981.1657.001

MANUFACTURER: NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS CORP.
MODEL: H-160
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL BAND WITH VINYLITE COVERING/ RUBBER/ SYNTHETIC (NEOPRENE) EAR CUSHION/ MAGNESIUM & STEEL EARCUP CHASSIS/ BAKELITE & METAL PLUG

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: 18.0 cm
Height: 8.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Radio
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: AN ELECTROACOUSTIC DEVICE WHICH TRANSFORMS ELECTRIC WAVES INTO SOUND WAVES & IS INTENDED TO BE CLOSELY COUPLED ACOUSTICALLY TO THE EAR (SMITH, P.134)
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFR'S NAME IN BLACK LETTERING ON EARCUP, 'MOISTURE AND FUNGUS RESISTANT TREATED OCT 44' ON OTHER EARCUP/ PART NUMBERS ON EARCUPS, HEADBAND, & PLUG
Missing: N/A
Finish: GREEN VINYLITE & RUBBER/ BLACK SYNTHETIC OR RUBBER COVERED CHASSIS/ BROWN EARCUP/ BLACKBAKELITE
Decoration: N/A

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NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS CORP., Headset, circa 1944, Artifact no. 1981.1657, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.1657.001/

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