Patent model, A. G. Bell telephone receiver, US Patent #178399

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Object Details

maker

Bell, Alexander Graham

Location

Currently not on view

Date made

1876

ID Number

EM.308607

catalog number

308607

accession number

89797

patent number

178399

Object Name

Receiver

telephone receiver

Other Terms

Receiver; Telegraphy

Measurements

overall: 3 1/8 in x 5 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 7.9375 cm x 14.605 cm x 9.525 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/ng49ca746a5-1ddc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_703246