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nickel-plated cup receiver
nickel-plated cup receiver

nickel-plated cup receiver

Dateearly 20th Century
Inventory Number8078b
ClassificationTelephone
Subject
    Maker American ?
    Cultural Region
      Dimensionswithout cord: 6.6 × 8.3 × 3.5 cm (2 5/8 × 3 1/4 × 1 3/8 in.)
      Material
        DescriptionA telephone receiver, consisting of a hemispherical nickel-plated instrument case topped by a hard-rubber earpiece. A slot-headed screw in the center of the back of the case attaches a curved, flat metal tab with a hanging hook. On one side, a short length of grey cloth-covered wire emerges from the back of the case

        The black molded earpiece is dish shaped with rounded edges, with a circular opening in the base of the dish through which part of a silver a diaphragm may be seen. The earpiece has a chip on along one edge.

        Instruments 8078a and 8078b are similar.
        Signedunsigned
        Curatorial RemarksInstruments 8078a and 8078b are similar.
        FunctionConversion of electrical impulses into sound for output by telephone
        ProvenanceJefferson Laboratory, Physics Department, Harvard University
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