Auxiliary Hand Sending Key
date: label: date made
content: 1918
name: label: maker
content: Wireless Specialty Apparatus Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Telegraph keys are electrical on-off switches used to send messages in Morse code. Until recently, “wireless” meant radio and this auxiliary hand sending key was made for US Navy by Wireless Specialty Apparatus Company in 1918. The key could handle power ratings of 2000 watts, alternating current.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Telegraph Keys
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content: Communications
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.327934
label: catalog number
content: 327934
label: accession number
content: 268822
objectType: label: Object Name
content: wireless key
label: Object Name
content: telegraph key
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in x 9 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 8.255 cm x 24.13 cm