Buzzer

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OBJECT TYPE: door/non-adjustable/enclosed
DATE: 1935
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2755.001

MANUFACTURER: Stanley & Patterson
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: 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: ferrous metal casing/ copper wire

Dimensions

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

Length: 7.0 cm
Width: 5.1 cm
Height: 3.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: User site
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Stanley Patterson
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: mid 1930s+
Canada: An example of a door buzzer of a type used in Canada. Part of a large and varied collection of over 7500 electrical items acquired and documented by Ontario Hydro in the1960s. The collection was thought to be the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in Canada and was donated to the National Museum of Science and Technology in 1992.
Function: A device which makes or breaks a connection in an electric circuit, so that when the switch is pressed, the buzzer sounds an alert.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering on underside partially obscured by corrosion - appears to read in part "MADE BY/ STANLEY & PATTERSON/ .....NEW YORK, U.S.A."/ raised lettering on cover reads "PR [logo]/ ECLIPSE"
Missing: appears complete
Finish: grey?
Decoration: N/A

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Stanley & Patterson, Buzzer, circa 1935, Artifact no. 1992.2755, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2755.001/

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