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OBJECT TYPE: MORSE/ELECTRO-MECHANICAL/TAPE
DATE: 1927–1942
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1970.0134.001

MANUFACTURER: MARCONI WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO. OF AMERICA
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 523
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BRASS PLATE, PUNCHED BRASS GEARS AND SMALL PARTS, STEEL SPRINGS/ SOLENOIDS WOUND WITH INSULATED COPPER WIRE/ MOUNTING BASE, WOOD

Dimensions

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

Length: 33.0 cm
Width: 29.0 cm
Height: 24.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLE PERIOD LATE 1920'S TO EARLY 1940'S
Canada: FIRST SIGNALLING DEVICES USED ON TRANS-ATLANTIC AND TRANS-PACIFIC CABLES.
Function: USED TO WRITE OR DRAW AN INKED LINE ON 1/2 INCH PAPER TAPE, MODULATED BY MORSE CODE SIGNALS CONNECTED TO A DRIVER SOLENOID. THE PAPER TAPE IS LATER PULLED, VIA A GUIDE BRIDGE, IN FRONT OF A MORSE OPERATOR WHO TRANSCRIBES THE MORSE DOTS AND DASHES TO PRINTED MESSAGES.
Technical: ONE OF A SERIES OF SEMI AUTOMATIC MORSE CODE TRANSLATINGDEVICES THAT MADE LONG CABLE CIRCUITS PRACTICAL AND ALLOWED HIGH SPEED (GREATERTHAN 25 WPM) MORSE CIRCUITS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: STAMPED ON FRONT: 'MARCONI/ WIRELESS TEL. CO./ OF AMERICA'/ STAMPED ON TOP: '523'
Missing: NIL From CA of 09/03/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
Finish: CASE, FLAT BLACK ENAMEL/ BASE AND PAPER HOLDING AREA, NATURALWOOD FINISH
Decoration: NIL

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MARCONI WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO. OF AMERICA, Printer, circa 1927–1942, Artifact no. 1970.0134, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1970.0134.001/

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