Teleprinter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 5 BAUDOT/TAPE/RO
- DATE
- 1944
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0710.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Teletype Corp.
- MODEL
- 14 FP
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- PROTOTYPE
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BASE, CASE ALUMINUM/ FRAMES, CAST ALUMINUM/ OTHER PARTS PRESSED AND MACHINED STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 29.0 cm
- Width
- 27.0 cm
- Height
- 25.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Teletype
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- UNKNOWN
- Canada
-
NIL - Function
-
DESIGNED TO PRINT LARGE CHARACTER INFORMATION ON WIDE TAPE. FROM 6 UNIT TELEGRAPH CODE. PROBABLY A REFINEMENT OF A TICKER FOR PRINTING STOCK QUOTATIONS. - Technical
-
ONE OF MANY PROTOTYPES ASSEMBLED BY TELETYPE CORP. TO EXPLORE PRINTING TELEGRAPH POSSIBILITIES AND/OR TO IMPROVE HARDWARE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- SCALE ON TOP FROM '0' TO '120'/ STAMPED ON METAL: 'TOP'
- Missing
- BROKEN CASE SHIFT MECHANISM, MISSING MOTOR MOUNTING SCREWS. From CA of 10/22/1996 by Kevin Machan: Yes - Missing: motor mounting bolts, cover (?).
- Finish
- BASE, BLACK GLOSS ENAMEL.OTHER PARTS NATURAL FINISH.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Teletype Corp., Teleprinter, circa 1944, Artifact no. 1986.0710, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0710.001/
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