Discharger model, disk
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SOUVENIR
- DATE
- 1912
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0233.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MARCONI WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL INCLUDING SILVER; MARBLE STAND/WOOD, LEATHERAND FABRIC CASE; METAL FITTINGS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.2 cm
- Width
- 11.2 cm
- Height
- 10.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MARCONI
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
MODEL OF MARCONI'S DISC DISCHARGER, THE FIRST MEANS OF PRODUCING MUSICAL NOTES IN THE TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS TELEGRAMS. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'MARCONI WIRELESS/TELEGRAPH CO. LTD.' stamped into front of model, below knob./ Hallmarks visible on upper and lower segments of model./ Following info. appears inside cae, on base: 'PATENTED IN 1907 AND NOW USED FOR LONG/ DISTANCE CORRESPONDENCE./MODEL/OF/MARCONI'S DISC DISCHARGER/THE FIRST MEANS OF PRODUCING/MUSICAL NOTES/IN THE TRANSMISSION OF/WIRELESS TELEGRAMS.'/ Following info. appears on base of case: 'SOUVENIR/OF THE/International/Radiotelegraphic Conference/London 1912./FROM/MARCONI'S WIRELESS TELEGRAPH COMPANY LTD.'
- Missing
- From CA of 08/21/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
- Finish
- MARBLE STAND IS BEIGE AND BLACK. INSIDE OF CASE IS PURPLE. CASE IS DARK BROWN.
- Decoration
- N/A
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MARCONI WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO., Discharger model, disk, circa 1912, Artifact no. 1986.0233, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0233.001/
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