Western Union type 6-A telegraph tape transmitter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A steel-cased automatic telegraph transmitter for punched paper tape. Front cover attached with two hooks and can be removed to service the mechanism; back cover slides off to show two electromagnet coils and wiring. Lever on top unlatches feed-plate so the tape can be started. Eleven contacts along the right side are set on a plastic insulator block. On-Off switch on side in center, and a lever switch actuating the mechanism is on the side of the front cover. Labels on side: "On Off" and "Western Union Telegraph Co. / Multiplex Transmitter 6-A / Serial No. 794 / Patented in U.S.A. 3-25-[19]19"; stamped: "Stop". Stamped under the base: N. Y. R. S. / SP / 5". Written inside: "31/10/59". Stamped under the base: "794", and ink stampings read: N. Y. R. S. / 487639 / Inspected"; "14"; handwritten: "31/10/59", July 7/52", "O R [?]" Old tag associates this transmitter with a transmtter table NMAH catalg number 330017.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Western Union International
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.330027
label: catalog number
content: 330027
label: accession number
content: 283729
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Transmitter, Multiplex
label: Object Name
content: telegraph transmitter
label: Other Terms
content: Transmitter, Multiplex; Telegraphy; Transmitter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in; 11.43 cm x 16.51 cm x 13.335 cm