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OBJECT TYPE: IF/INTERSTAGE
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0815.001

MANUFACTURER: THORDARSON-MEISSNER
MODEL: 16-6659
LOCATION: Mount Carmel, Illinois, 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: .1 METAL CASING & PARTS; MOULDED PLASTIC COIL-FORM & TRIMMER BASE; SYNTHETIC WIRE COVERING & PARTS/.2 CARDBOARD BOX

Dimensions

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

Length: 3.3 cm
Width: 3.3 cm
Height: 7.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: MEISSNER
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Mount Carmel

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: FROM COLLECTION OF VACUUM TUBES DONATED TO CSTM BY CANADIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA.
Function: COMPONENT OF RADIO RECEIVER WHICH, BY ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION, TRANSFORMS ELECTRIC ENERGY FROM ONE CIRCUIT TO ANOTHER CIRCUIT AT SAME FREQUENCY, BUT USUALLY AT DIFFERENT VOLTAGE & CURRENT VALUE.
Technical: COMPACT RADIO TRANSFORMER FOR USE IN SMALL RECEIVERS WHERE SPACE IS AT PREMIUM, WITH ONE-PIECE PLASTIC COIL-FORM & TRIMMER-BASE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 RAISED LETTERING ON CASING READS "Meissner" [SCRIPT]; BLACK LETTERING STAMPED ON OPPOSITE SIDE READS "16-6659"/.2 BLACK LETTERING ON BOX END READS "Meissner [SCRIPT] 16-6659/ PLASTIC I.F./ 456 KC INTERSTAGE"; BLACK LETTERING ON BOX SIDES READS "QUALITY/ COILS/ Meissner [SCRIPT]/ FOR/ AM-FM/ AND/ TELEVISION/ THORDARSON-MEISSNER/ MT. CARMEL, ILLINOIS"; "SERVING THE WORLD"; "PRECISION/ BUILT/ PRODUCTS"; "STANDARD/ BY/ COMPARISON"; "PREFERRED/ BY/ SERVICEMEN/ EVERYWHERE"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: .1 METALLIC CASING; MULTICOLOURED WIRES/,2 ORANGE, BLACK & WHITE EXTERIOR
Decoration: N/A

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THORDARSON-MEISSNER, Transformer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1998.0815, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1998.0815.001/

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