Muirhead & Co. direct writer
name: label: maker
content: Muirhead & Co. Ltd.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A submarine telegraph direct tape writer mounted on a black metal base. Mounted above the base on 3 brass legs is a black magnet assembly (3" diameter x 2.5" high) in a black steel casing with two plastic connectors on top. Two plastic wire connectors and a metal toggle switch on base. Signal coil is set in front of the magnet between the poles. Below the magnet is a brass tape handling system with brass rollers front, center, and back, and a brass patten. Writer assembly set between poles (parts are missing), includes a small box for ink supply and a small pan for control of oscilations on each coil assembly. Face of the magnet is marked: "N"[orth] and "S"[outh], a graduated scale on each pole provides spacing. Printed on the north face: "Muirhead & Co. Ltd. / No. 224774 / Open Gap [up arrow]", and on the south face: "Magnet / type D-251-A". Stamped on writer assembly: "N. 47044". Stamped on the base in back: "Muirhead & Co. / No. 58122".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from ITT World Communications, Inc., thru John Van Ingen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.330241
label: catalog number
content: 330241
label: accession number
content: 288763
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Direct Writer, Telegraph Tape
label: Object Name
content: telegraph receiver
label: Other Terms
content: Direct Writer, Tape; Direct Writer, Telegraph Tape; Telegraphy
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 3/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in; 27.305 cm x 19.05 cm x 24.765 cm