Key, telegraph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- LEGLESS/WIRELESS
- DATE
- 1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0133.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD/ METAL/ SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- EARLY 1900'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO CREATE CODE SIGNALS FOR TRANSMISSION BY SPARK TRANSMITTERS - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF EARLY SPARK KEY WITH HEAVY CONTACTS & COOLING DISKS ON CONTACTS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED IN BASE: '10'/ HANDWRITTEN ON BASE BOTTOM: '15 "'
- Missing
- From CA of 08/14/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
- Finish
- STAINED & VARNISHED WOOD/ BLACK KNOB/ GOLD COLOURED METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Key, telegraph, after 1910, Artifact no. 1993.0133, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0133.001/
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