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Bell #10 deskset ringer box
Date: 1897-1898
Inventory Number: 8090a
Classification: Telephone
Subject:
Maker: Western Electric Company (1881 - 1995)
Maker: New England Telephone and Telegraph Company (1878 - 1879)
Cultural Region:
Dimensions:
30.5 × 19.5 × 19.3 cm (12 × 7 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
box: 21 × 44.8 × 20.6 cm (8 1/4 × 17 5/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
Description:
A Bell telephone deskset ringer box for notification to subscriber of incoming calls, designed to be mounted on a wall. Device has a wooden, rectangular wall plate with beveled edges. A rectangular wooden panel is mounted on the base plate and supports three binding posts, centered in front of a horizontal magnetic coil, positioned in front of a tall wooden ringer box. The ringer box has dovetail joins and beveled top and bottom edges. A pair of metal bells is mounted on the top of the ringer box.
See also, ringer box 8090b, transmitter 8094.
See also, ringer box 8090b, transmitter 8094.
Signedstamped on back: WESTERN ELECTRIC CO.
Inscribedstamped left side ringer box: PROPERTY OF NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO.;
front of box above terms.: TYPE 43;
between bells: 1000;
on printed cloth: PROPERTY OF THE AMERICAN BELL TELEPHONE CO.;
stamped on back: PAT'D JAN. 19, 1897 WESTERN ELECTRIC CO.
see file for others
Engraved in the wood panel in front of the binding posts, from left to right: 3 / 1 / 2
front of box above terms.: TYPE 43;
between bells: 1000;
on printed cloth: PROPERTY OF THE AMERICAN BELL TELEPHONE CO.;
stamped on back: PAT'D JAN. 19, 1897 WESTERN ELECTRIC CO.
see file for others
Engraved in the wood panel in front of the binding posts, from left to right: 3 / 1 / 2
FunctionSignaling incoming calls to subscriber
Curatorial RemarksOld tag: "8090 Bell Telephone"
ProvenanceJefferson Laboratory, Physics Department, Harvard University
Published ReferencesThis instrument is described in:
Thomas G. Hedberg, "Catalogue: Telephones, Phonographs and Related Instruments in The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments at Harvard University." William Andrewes, Project Director (unpublished manuscript, President and Fellows of Harvard College and Thomas G. Hedberg, 1989. Fifth Draft), p. 89.
