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OBJECT TYPE: CARBON/SINGLE BUTTON/MILITARY/TABLE
DATE: 1943
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0417.001

MANUFACTURER: NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO. LTD.
MODEL: 1120
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL/ SYNTHETIC Ebonite or Bakelite

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: N/A
Width: 14.5 cm
Height: 29.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: NORTHERN ELECTRIC
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS SERIES OF MICROPHONES USED C.1940-1947
Canada: MADE IN CANADA & USED BY RCAF.
Function: TO CONVERT AUDIO SIGNALS TO ELECTRICAL SIGNALS & PASS THEM TO A RADIO TRANSMITTER
Technical: THIS DESIGN DATES TO 1915 WHEN MODIFIED TELEPHONES WERE USED AS RADIO MICROPHONES. ESSENTIALLY THIS UNIT IS COMPOSED OF A CANDLE STICK TELEPHONE BASE LESS THE HOOK, AND WITH A PRESS-TO-TALK LEVER ADDED, NOTE STEEL COVEROVER ROTARY DIAL HOUSING. EXAMPLE OF OLD TECHNOLOGY REVIVED DUE TO EMERGENCY- WW11.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE: 'ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE/ MICROPHONE/ TYPE 1120 DA PER. R11857-C REF. 10A/ 1322/ MFD. 1943/ BY/ Northern Electric Company/ LIMITED/ MADE IN CANADA'/ EMBOSSED ON BACK OF MICROPHONE CASE: 'NORTHERN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED'/ ON LEVER: 'PRESS-TO-TALK'
Missing: NONE
Finish: BLACK
Decoration: N/A

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NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO. LTD., Microphone, 1943, Artifact no. 1988.0417, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0417.001/

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