Telegraph Sounder
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A main-line sounder with wooden base, two binding posts, two electromagnets, and an armature. Stamped "W. E. Manuf'g Co. / Chigago" [Western Electric] on top of armature, and "N.W.Tel.Co." on base.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Telegraph sounders convert electrical pulses into audible sounds and are used to receive Morse code messages. The message travels as a series of electrical pulses through a wire. Short pulses make a dot, slightly longer pulses make a dash. The sequence of dots and dashes represent letters and numbers. The pulses energize the sounder’s electromagnets which move a lever-arm. The arm makes a loud “click” when it strikes a crossbar and the operator translates the pattern of sounds into the original language.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Communication, telegraph
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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.332365
label: catalog number
content: 332365
label: accession number
content: 294351
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telegraph sounder
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 5 3/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 10.795 cm x 13.6525 cm x 8.5725 cm