Bunnell pole-changer relay
name: label: Maker
content: Western Union Corporation
label: maker
content: J. H. Bunnell
label: maker
content: J. H. Bunnell & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Telegraph relays amplify an electrical signal in a telegraph line. Telegraph messages travel as a series of electrical pulses through a wire from a transmitter to a receiver. The pulses fade in strength as they travel through the wire, limiting the distance a message can be sent. Relays remedy that problem by detecting a weak signal and automatically re-transmitting that signal down the line using a local power source.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Communications
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Western Union Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.331852
label: collector/donor number
content: 13-03
label: accession number
content: 294351
label: catalog number
content: 331852
objectType: label: Object Name
content: relay
label: Object Name
content: pole changer relay
label: Object Name
content: telegraph relay
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (part: material)
label: Measurements
content: on mount: 7 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in x 8 3/4 in; 19.05 cm x 29.21 cm x 22.225 cm
label: Measurements
content: w/o mount: 6 1/4 in x 9 in x 5 in; 15.875 cm x 22.86 cm x 12.7 cm