Bell magneto telephone transceiver

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Object Details

maker

Bell Telephone Company

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

from Princeton University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, thru Dean Howard Menand

Date made

c1877

date made

ca 1877

ID Number

EM.318529

catalog number

318529

accession number

232729

maker number

serial number

4447

Object Name

Telephone

telephone transmitter

Measurements

overall: 9 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in x 3 in; 24.765 cm x 13.335 cm x 7.62 cm

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Work and Industry: Electricity

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-68da-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1197226