General Information

Serial #

119

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODCOVERS & BASE/ GLASS/ STEEL/ BRASS/ METAL/ CARBON RIBBON/ BAKELITE/ PLASTIC/ RUBBER/ WIRE

Dimensions

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

Length

65.6 cm

Width

38.0 cm

Height

41.3 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 B8 SERIAL NO. 119/ CABLE & WIRELESS LTD./ FRONT 'ON', 'OFF' SWITCH/ '119' ON VERTICAL FRONT PARTITION/ ON MOTOR: 'PHONIC MOTOR/ TYPE N9/ MUIRHEAD & CO.LTD./NO. 96567/ 100V HIGH POWER'/ ON RESISTOR IN FRONT OF MOTOR: 'THE BRITISH ELECTRIC RESISTANCE CO. LTD./ AMPS. 0.53 OHMS 100/ QUEENSWAY, PONDERS END. MIDDLSEX/ ON RHEOSTAT BEHIND MOTOR: 'THE BRITISH ELECTRIC RESISTANCE CO. LTD./ QUEENSWAY, PONDERS END. MIDDLESEX/ AMPS..44 OHMS 24.0/ VOLTS/ NO. U'/ 2 RHEOSTAT RESISTORS: 1 MARKED: 'OHMITE/ 50' & OTHER MARKED: 'OHMITE/ 100'/ * SEE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

Missing

PAPER TAPE From CA of 11/26/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined

Finish

COVER EXTERIORS; INSIDE OF TOP HINGED SECTION, BASE, MOTOR, KEY LEVER BACK PLATE & SOME INTERNAL COMPONENTS PAINTED BLACK/ GREY RHEOSTAT CASING/ NICKEL PLATED BRASS BELL.

Decoration

N/A