Key, telegraph

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OBJECT TYPE: OPEN CIRCUIT/LEGLESS
DATE: 1924
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1974.0579.001

MANUFACTURER: Bunnell Telegraph & Electrical Co.
MODEL: S
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BRASS BASE, 'CIRCUIT CLOSER' LEVER, ADJUSTMENT SCREWS & TERMINALS/ NICKEL PLATED STEEL KEY LEVER/ BAKELITE OPERATING DISC & LEVER KNOB/ MOUNTED ON WOOD BASE.

Dimensions

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

Length: 5.3 cm
Width: 10.1 cm
Height: 4.1 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Bunnell
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: A DEVICE FOR OPENING OR CLOSING AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT TO TRANSMIT MESSAGES.
Technical: ELMINIATED BATTERY WASTE WHEN TRANSMISSIONS WERE NOT BEING MADE, WITHOUT CLOSING INCOMING MESSAGE TRANSFERENCE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON KEY LEVER CROSS ARM: 'BUNNELL/S'/ ON BASE: 'J.H. BUNNELL & CO./ NEW YORK, U.S.A.' INCISED MARKINGS.
Missing: From CA of 08/16/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
Finish: NICKEL PLATED STEEL KEY LEVER.
Decoration: BEVELLED EDGES ON WOOD BASE.

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Bunnell Telegraph & Electrical Co., Key, telegraph, circa 1924, Artifact no. 1974.0579, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1974.0579.001/

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