Microphone

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OBJECT TYPE: DYNAMIC/TABLE
DATE: 1931
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1969.0822.001

MANUFACTURER: Western Electric Co.
MODEL: 618A (TRANSMITTER)
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 458
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BRASS CASE WITH THREADED BRASS RING/ INTERNAL COMPONENTS INCLUDE A CIRCULAR MAGNET, AN ALUMINUM DIAPHRAGM WITH A VOICE COIL ATTACHED/ VOICE COIL IS WOUND WITH INSULATED COPPER WIRE/ A PERFORATED METAL GRILL & A SILK SCREEN PROTECTS THE DIAPHRAGM

Dimensions

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

Length: 10.2 cm
Width: 9.5 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Western Electric
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: 1931-1940
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED TO PICK UP SOUND SUCH AS VOICE OR MUSIC AND CONVERT TO COMPLEX ALTERNATING CURRENT. THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT WOULD BE AMPLIFIED AND TRANSMITTED BY RADIO.
Technical: FIRST MOVING COIL OR DYNAMIC MICROPHONE PRODUCED BY WESTERN ELECTRIC
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CASE/ THE DYNAMIC CAPSULE MOUNTED IN THE CASE HAS 'WE CO. SERIAL NO _____" ENGRAVED ON THE FRONT
Missing: N/A
Finish: WHOLE ASSEMBLY CHROME PLATED
Decoration: N/A

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Western Electric Co., Microphone, circa 1931, Artifact no. 1969.0822, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1969.0822.001/

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