contact key
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Inventory Number: 1998-1-1672
Classification: Contact Key
Subject:
Maker: American ?
Cultural Region:
Dimensions:
2.5 × 9 × 5.2 cm (1 × 3 9/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
Description:
Wooden base with three binding posts equally spaced atop the left hand length of the base. The lower-right and top left of the base have holes bored in it. Atop the center of the base is the key, a long metal rod with a knob at its end, restrained by a brass bracket above, and with a contact point on the base under the knob.
Signedunsigned
FunctionUsed to create and break an electrical circuit.
Curatorial Remarks
not in computer until 3.19.04. bem
not in computer until 3.19.04. bem