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- OBJECT TYPE
- MAIN LINE/2800 OHMS
- DATE
- 1924
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.0145.001
- MANUFACTURER
- BI & HC Ltd.
- MODEL
- STANDARD/GOOSE NECK PATTERN
- LOCATION
- Liverpool, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- R851
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- MAHOGANY BASE/ CAST IRON SURBASE/ BRASS/ IRON ARMATURE/ METAL/ MAGNETS/ RUBBER/ WIRE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.7 cm
- Width
- 12.1 cm
- Height
- 9.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- BI&HC
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Liverpool
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A DEVICE WHICH OPENS OR CLOSES AN AUXILIARY CIRCUIT UNDER PRE- DETERMINED ELECTRICAL CONDITIONS IN THE MAIN CIRCUIT. IT ENABLES A WEAK CURRENT TO BE STRONGER - Technical
-
IMPROVED THE QUALITY AND CAPACITY OF TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RAISED ON CIRCULAR MANUFACTURER'S PLATE: 'B1 & HC LTD/ [1B LOGO]/ LIVERPOOL'/ INCISED PLATE ON BACK LEFT: '2800 OHMS'/ INCISED ON WOOD BASE: 'CPR'/ INCISED ON BOTTOM: 'R851'/ WRITTEN IN PENCIL ON BOTTOM: REWOUND TO 2800/ FEB. 1941'
- Missing
- TOP SECTIONS FROM EACH BINDING POST
- Finish
- VARNISHED BASE/ BLACK ENAMELLED SURBASE & ARMATURE/ LACQUERED BRASS
- Decoration
- ROUNDED WOOD CORNERS & EDGES
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BI & HC Ltd., Relay, circa 1924, Artifact no. 1970.0145, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1970.0145.001/
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