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OBJECT TYPE: WHEATSTONE/ASR
DATE: 1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0314.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: A23
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: 71
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BASE, WOOD/ BOTTOM MOUNTING PLATE, STEEL/ FRONT PLATE, BRASS/ MOUNTING BRACKETS, BRASS/ REMAINDER OF SMALL PARTS, MACHINED BRASS AND STEEL/ REMOVABLE WOODEN COVER ENCLOSES MOVING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 49.0 cm
Width: 29.0 cm
Height: 24.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1900 THROUGH 1960
Canada: THESE EARLY COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES PROVIDED THE FIRST CABLE LINKS BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Function: USED TO READ WHEATSTONE FORMAT PERFORATED TAPE AND AUTOMATICALLY SEND MORSE CODE MESSAGES OVER A TELEGRAPH CIRCUIT FROM THE INTERPRETED TAPE.
Technical: AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF AUTOMATIC MESSAGE SENDING TECHNIQUES. THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF DATA COMMUNICATIONS. THE LIMITATIONS OF EARLY UNDERSEA CABLE;MADE RELIABLE, ECONOMICAL TRANSMISSION OF MESSAGES IMPRACTICABLE WITHOUT AN AUTOMATIC SENDING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: 'NO. 71 A23' STAMPED IN TOP OF FRONT PLATE/ TAG WITH '16' MOUNTED ON FRONT OF BASE/ 'CABLE SLIP' & 'MORSE SLIP' SET INTO LEFT BASE/ DECAL ON BASE: 'C.O.T.C./ T. 7564'/ ENGRAVED ON MOTOR: '60/ PHONIC MOTOR/ TYPE N-7/ LOW POWER/ 100V/ MUIRHEAD & CO. LTD./ NO. 112595'/ ENGRAVED ON ELECTRO-MAGNET UNIT: 'TYPE R8A/ SPHERE ELECTRIC INST. CO. LTD./ LONDON, N.8.' 'SERIAL NO./ 71'
Missing: From CA of 12/12/1996 by Kevin Machan: Yes - Missing: several fastening screws fro bottom panel.
Finish: WOODEN BASE, BLACK GLOSS PAINT/ FRONT PLATE & BEARING BRACKETS, ANODIZED BRASS
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Reader, tape, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1978.0314, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0314.001/

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