Microphone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CARBON/DOUBLE BUTTON
- DATE
- 1933
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0346.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Continental Microphone
- MODEL
- 10
- LOCATION
- Inglewood, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST 'WHITE METAL' CASE/ ALUMINUM DIAPHRAGM/ BRASS CAPSULES CONTAINING CARBON GRANULES (BUTTONS)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.5 cm
- Width
- 8.5 cm
- Height
- 2.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Continental
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Inglewood
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1932-1940
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO PICK-UP SOUND OR VOICE & CONVERT TO COMPLEX AC. THE AC WOULD BE AMPLIFIED TO MODULATE A RADIO TRANSMITTER OR TO DRIVE A SOUND SYSTEM'S SPEAKERS. - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF CARBON MICROPHONE UNIT - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- DECAL ON SIDE: 'CONTINENTAL/ MICROPHONE/ INGLEWOOD, CALIF./ MADE/ IN/ U.S.A./ NRA/ WE DO OURPART'
- Missing
- MOUNTING RING/ SPRING SUPPORTS
- Finish
- ORIGINALLY BRIGHT METAL PLATED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Continental Microphone, Microphone, circa 1933, Artifact no. 1988.0346, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0346.001/
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