Accession No

1302

Brief Description

clockwork telegraph printing apparatus, second half 19th century

Origin

Maker

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

wood (mahogany); metal (brass, steel, white metal, copper); glass; plastic (bakelite)

Dimensions

length 283mm; breadth 230mm; height 163mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. Recorded in the 1894 Cavendish Laboratory alphabetical catalogue of instruments on p.195.

Inscription

Description Notes

Rectangular mahogany base supports clockwork mechanism enclosed in brass box with glazed top. Mechanism wound by brass key. Stop/start lever at base of box. Series of rollers over which paper passes for printing. Bakelite bar at one end carries three brass terminals; fourth terminal mounted directly on the casing.

Condition fair; complete

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