Test set, relay
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CURRENT FLOW
- DATE
- 1918
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1977.0033.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Western Electric Co. Inc.
- MODEL
- SKINNER
- LOCATION
- Hawthorne, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 69S
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CASE & DETACHABLE LID/ METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ LEATHER HANDLE/ RUBBER FEET
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 36.5 cm
- Width
- 25.0 cm
- Height
- 18.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Western Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Hawthorne
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1918 TO PRESENT (SEE 35 TEST SET)
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO CALIBRATE AND TEST TELEPHONE SWITCHING RELAYS. - Technical
-
ORIGINAL TEST SET IN NORTH AMERICA USED TO CALIBRATE RELAYS IN SWITCHING SYSTEMS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON LID: 'Western Electric'/ CIRCUIT DIAGRAM AFFIXED TO INSIDE READS IN PART: 'DET.1 S.I.D.-2508 SKINNER TEST SET ISSUE-5/ DIRECTIONS FOR USE AND CARE OF "CURRENT FLOW" TEST SET...'/ STAMPED IN LID: '69'/ ON TOP PANEL: 'SKINNER TEST SET/ WESTERN ELECTRIC CO. INC./ HAWTHORNE ILL./ PAT. NO.1236491/ AUG. 14 1917'/ STAMPED ON EDGE: '69S'/ MARKINGS AROUND CONTROLS.
- Missing
- NIL/COVER HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY LETTING IT FALL BACK WHEN OPENED RATHER THAN REMOVE FROM DEVICE
- Finish
- NATURAL VARNISH ON CASE/ BLACK TOP PANEL/ WHITE PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Western Electric Co. Inc., Test set, relay, circa 1918, Artifact no. 1977.0033, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0033.001/
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