Announcement system, time
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1963
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0958.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Audichron Co.
- MODEL
- M12/MC
- LOCATION
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 696
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASINGS; METAL, GLASS, RUBBER, PLASTIC & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PIECES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 53.5 cm
- Width
- 48.7 cm
- Height
- 54.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Horology
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Audichron
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Georgia
- City
- Atlanta
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- BEFORE 1986
- Canada
-
ONE OF SERIES OF 'TALKING CLOCKS' WHICH HAVE PROVIDED A VERBAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE TIME, 24 HOURS A DAY, IN FRENCH & ENGLISH BY RADIO OR DIRECT TELEPHONE LINE. - Function
-
PROVIDES VERBAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF EASTERN STANDARD TIME, IN HOURS & MINUTES, IN FRENCH & ENGLISH, 24 HOURS A DAY. THIS UNIT MAY HAVE BEEN IN SERVICE AT ANY OR ALL TIMES BETWEEN 1964, & WHEN BILINGUAL SERVICE WAS INTRODUCED & 1984 WHEN THIS UNIT WAS REPLACED. - Technical
-
THE ORIGINAL NRC 'TALKING CLOCKS' WERE MFD. BY ATELIERS BRILLIE FRERES, PARIS & BEGAN SERVICE IN DEC 1954. THE RECORDING WAS MADE AS A SOUND TRACK, ON PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM, & DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FACTORS WAS NOT ALWAYS INTELLIGIBLE. AUDICRON'S HIGH QUALITY TALKING CLOCK, THE TRANSFER OF RECORDINGS FROM MAGNETIC TAPE TO MAGNETIC DRUM, & THE UNIT'S INSTALLATION IN A ROOM ADJACENT TO THE TRANSMITTER IMPROVED SERVICE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Announcement Unit: 'Audichron' APPEARS IN RAISED PRINT ON CABINET FRONT/ RED LABEL ON INSIDE OF DOOR READS 'FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE/ 24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK/ CALL/ 404+455-4888/ The audichron Company/ 3620 Clearview Parkway Atlanta, Georgia 30340'/ ROUND LABEL ON RIGHT SIDE OF DRUM READS: 'Audichron/ THE AUDICHRON COMPANY. ATLANTA, GA. - USA/ U.S. PATS. 2862065, 2831927, 2864895. OTHER PATENTS PENDING'/ LABEL ON EITHER SIDE OF ABOVE READS '-NOTICE-/ OPENING FOR CLEANING RECORDS AND/ APPLICATION OF SILICON FLUID AT ONE/ MONTH INTERVALS. SEE INSTRUCTION/ MANUAL FOR DETAILS'/ '696' INCISED ON CASING/ Label on top of drum reads ‘ - CAUTION -/ AVOID THE USE OF MAGNETIZED TOOLS - SEE/ INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE TESTING OR ADJUSTING'/ Label on lower front edge of drum reads ‘#17260'/ Plate on motor bears following info.: ‘BODINE/ ELECTRIC/ COMPANY/ [obscured by label]/ TYPE NGY-34/ NO. F0510110/ VOLTS 115 PH.1/ AMP. .9 HZ 60/ HP 1/50/ RPM 1800/ CAP 160 MFD/ DUTY CONT. FF/ INS A/C AMB 40 C'/ Red label on adjacent part reads ‘MEPCO/ ELECTRA/ 145 MFD 165 VAC/ 494 26865/ 8036'/ Other, minor markings, on switches, components, etc.
- Missing
- UNKNOWN - BELIEVED COMPLETE
- Finish
- HIGH GLOSS, SLIGHTLY MOTTLED GREY ENAMEL PAINTED FINISH ON CASING/ SILVER COLOURED TRIM, HARDWARE, ETC.
- Decoration
- N/A
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