Microphone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CARBON/SINGLE BUTTON/CHEST
- DATE
- 1913
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1980.0888.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Western Electric
- MODEL
- D14293
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALUMINUM MICROPHONE CASE/ DURALUMINUM DIAPHRAGM/ CARBON BUTTON CAPSULE/ BRASS HARDWARE/ ALUMINUM BREAST PLATE/ CANVAS STRAPS/ COTTON COVERED CONNECTING CORD & 2 PRONG CONNECTOR
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.5 cm
- Width
- 20.0 cm
- Height
- 5.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Communications
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Western Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1913 -1920
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO PICK UP SOUND OF VOICE AND CONVERT TO COMPLEX ALTERNATING CURRENT; WHEN AMPLIFIED, THE ALTERNATING CURRENT MAY BY USED TO MODULATE A RADIO TRANSMITTER OR AN INTERCOM LINK - Technical
-
ONE OF THE 1ST MIKE DESIGNS THAT WAS NOT DEVELOPED FOR THE PHONE INDUSTRY - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON BACK OF MICROPHONE: 'WESTERN ELECTRIC/ PAT IS USA JAN 14 13/ PAT APPLIED FOR/ D14293'/ ON CHEST PLATE: 'WESTERN ELECTRIC'
- Missing
- none apparent
- Finish
- GREY METAL/ KHAKI STRAP
- Decoration
- N/A
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Western Electric, Microphone, circa 1913, Artifact no. 1980.0888, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1980.0888.001/
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