Cross Section of Carbon Button Telephone Transmitter, 1878

Artifact

Transmitter (Telecommunication system component)

Date Made

1878

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

29.1980.67

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Edison Pioneers.

Material

Brass (Alloy)
Hard Rubber
Bakelite (TM)

Dimensions

Height: 5 in

Width: 1.625 in

Length: 3 in

Inscriptions

handwritten: EHC 67

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