Key, telegraph
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SEMIAUTOMATIC
- DATE
- 1936–1942
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0518.001
- MANUFACTURER
- VIBROPLEX CO. INC.
- MODEL
- 6
- LOCATION
- Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 104915
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON BASE/ NICKEL PLATED STEEL/ EBONITE OPERATING DISC, SWITCH KNOB & RESTS/ FABRIC/ METAL & EBONITE JACK/ COPPER WASHERS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.0 cm
- Width
- 9.0 cm
- Height
- 8.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- VIBROPLEX
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Brooklyn
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- CIRCA 1925 TO 1965
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A DEVICE FOR OPENING OR CLOSING AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT TO TRANSMIT MESSAGES. - Technical
-
DESIGN CHANGE TO BETTER FACILITATE THE OPERATOR, RESULTING IN GREATER SPEED/ THE #6 KNOWN AS THE "LIGTNING BUG" WAS BROUGHT OUT IN 1926 &MADE IN VARIOUS FORMS UNTIL 1982/ ELIMINATED ALL CAST PARTS EXCEPT THE BASE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON MANUFACTURER'S PLATE: PATENT NUMBERS, REFER TO PATENT REFERENCE/ 'THE VIBROPLEX COMPANY'/ A BUG SYMBOL/ 'TRADE MARK NO.104915/ TRADE VIBROPLEX MARK/ THE VIBROPLEX COMPANY, INC./ 796 FULTON ST., BROOKLYN, N.Y.' RAISED LETTERING.
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE - SOME REPAIRS TO OPERATING LEVER From CA of 09/18/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
- Finish
- BLACK PAINTED BASE
- Decoration
- GOLD COLOURED DESIGN ON BASE/ EMBOSSED MANUFACTURER'S PLATE.
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VIBROPLEX CO. INC., Key, telegraph, between 1936–1942, Artifact no. 1976.0518, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0518.001/
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