Test set, telephone line

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OBJECT TYPE: HANDSET
DATE: 1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0088.001

MANUFACTURER: Automatic Electric (possibly)
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: D96823
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CHROME PLATED STEEL HANDSET HOUSING/ BRASS NUMBER PLATE/ STEEL ROTATING DIAL, FINGER STOP & INSET RECEIVER & TRANSMITTER/ COPPER CONNECTORS & SLIDING PUSH BUTTON COVER/ BAKELITE INSET RECEIVER COVER/ HARD PLASTIC WIRE SHEATHING/ POLYESTER & PAPER COATED WIRE

Dimensions

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

Length: 23.5 cm
Width: 3.8 cm
Height: 8.1 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Automatic Electric
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO ALLOW FOR QUICK CHECKS OF RELAYS, STEPPING MAGNETS ETC. IN THE LINE; TO IDENTIFY THE POLARITY OF LINE WIRES; AND TO MONITOR A LINE TO SEE IF IT IS IN USE WITHOUT INTERFERING WITH DIALING OR MAKING DISTURBING CLICKS.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: EMBOSSED INTO THE BAKELITEINSET RECEIVER COVER WITHIN A CIRCLE IS: 'AE'/ PAINTED IN WHITE ON THE BACK OF THE INSET RECEIVER IS:'6-6-60'/ ENGRAVED INTO THE METAL OF THE SLIDING PUSH BUTTON COVER IS:'D96823'/ ENGRAVED IN THE METAL OF DIAL BASE IS:'54B'
Missing: N/A
Finish: CHROME PLATED STEEL HANDSET HOUSING/ NICKEL PLATED STEEL ROTARY DIAL RIM/ BLACK PAINTED STEEL ROTATING DIAL/ WHITE ENAMEL DIAL PLATE WITH BLACK LETTERS & RED NUMBERS/ NICKEL PLATED COPPER SLIDING PUSH BUTTON COVER
Decoration: N/A

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Automatic Electric (possibly), Test set, telephone line, circa 1960, Artifact no. 1978.0088, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0088.001/

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