Model of Bell tuned reed receiver
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Model of Bell's Tuned Reed Receiver, this type of instrument was used by Dr. Bell, on March 10, 1876, in conjunction with his liquid transmitter, by means of which the first complete sentence was transmitted and received electrically. For further information see book, "Bell Telephone", containing the deposition of Alexander Graham Bell in the suit brought by the United States to annul the Bell patents. Printed by the American Bell Telephone Co., Boston, 1908.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from American Telephone & Telegraph Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.308213
label: catalog number
content: 308213
label: accession number
content: 70856
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tuned Reed Receiver
label: Object Name
content: harmonic telegraph
label: Other Terms
content: Tuned Reed; Tuned Reed Receiver; Telephones; Receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 3 in x 5 in; 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm x 12.7 cm