Teleprinter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 7 LEVEL/TAPE/RO
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0329.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Cable & Wireless Ltd.
- MODEL
- B8
- LOCATION
- England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 153
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD COVERS & BASE/ GLASS/ STEEL/ BRASS/ METAL/ CARBON RIBBON/ BAKELITE/ PLASTIC/RUBBER/ PORCELAIN/ WIRE/ PAPER.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 65.0 cm
- Width
- 38.0 cm
- Height
- 43.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Cable Wireless
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- LATE 1920'S TO EARLY 1950'S
- Canada
-
PROBABLY USED ON OUR FIRST UNDERSEA CABLES TO BRITAIN - Function
-
TO RECEIVE & AUTOMATICALLY TRANSLATE TELEGRAPH SIGNALS INTO A PRINTED FORMAT ONTO PAPER TAPE. - Technical
-
EARLY EXAMPLE OF AUTOMATIC RECEIVING & PRINTING TECHNOLOGY FOR OVERSEAS CABLE COMMUNICATION. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON FRONT PLATE: 'DIRECT PRINTER/ PAT. NOS. 463975, 6 & 7/ TYPE B.8. SERIAL NO.153/ CABLE & WIRELESS LTD.'/ FRONT 'ON', 'OFF' SWITCH/ '153' ON VERTICAL FRONT PARTITION/ ON MOTOR: 'MUIRHEAD & CO. LTD./ NO. 92242/ TYPE N4'/ RHEOSTAT PLATE: 'THE BRITISH ELECTRIC RESISTANCE CO. LTD./ QUEENSWAY, PONDERS END. MIDDLESEX/ AMPS.44 OHMS 250/ VOLTS NO.U'/ SIDE RHEOSTAT RESISTOR: 'OHMITE/ 100'/ FRONT MOTOR RESISTOR: 'THE BRITISH ELECTRIC RESISTANCE CO. LTD./AMPS.53 OHMS 100/ QUEENSWAY, PONDERS END, MIDDLESEX'/ APPLIED METAL PLATES WITH: '11' ON COVER FRONTS
- Missing
- From CA of 12/13/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
- Finish
- COVERS, BASE, MOTOR, KEY LEVER BACK PLATE & SOME INTERNALCOMPONENTS PAINTED BLACK/ GREY RHEOSTAT CASING/ NICKEL PLATED BELL.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Cable & Wireless Ltd., Teleprinter, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1978.0329, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0329.001/
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