Key, telegraph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- LEGLESS
- DATE
- 1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0502.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MANHATTAN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL OPERATING LEVER/ POLISHED BRASS SOLID BASE AND ADJUSTMENT KNOBS/ BAKELITE OPERATING KNOB/EBONITE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.7 cm
- Width
- 7.1 cm
- Height
- 3.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MESCO
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- CIRCA 1910
- Canada
-
USED BY TELEGRAPHERS OR AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS. - Function
-
A SWITCH FOR EASE OF OPERATION BY HAND TO CAUSE THE INTERRUPTION OF THE FLOW OF AN ELECTRICAL CURRENT IN THE TRANSMITTING OF TELEGRAPH OR WIRELESS SIGNALS. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'MESCO' INCISED ON BASE
- Missing
- BINDING POST NUT (SUBSTITUTED WITH A BATTERY NUT)/ OPERATING KNOB HAS PIECE BROKEN OFF/ CLOSURE LEVER MISSING
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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MANHATTAN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CO., Key, telegraph, circa 1910, Artifact no. 1968.0502, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0502.001/
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