Creed teleprinter No. 3X, with cover and example message

Creed teleprinter No. 3X, Serial No. 5416, with cover and example message, by Creed and Company Limited, Croydon, Surrey, England, 1927-1942

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Category:
Telecommunications
Object Number:
1971-181
Materials:
metal (unknown), paint, paper (fibre product), plastic (unidentified) and textile
type:
teleprinter
credit:
Donated by the General Post Office

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Creed teleprinter No. 3X, 1927-1942

Creed teleprinter No. 3X, Serial No. 5416, by Creed and Company Limited, Croydon, Surrey, England, 1927-1942

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Creed teleprinter No. 3X, Serial No. 5416, made by Creed and Company Limited, Croydon, London, England, 1927-1942.

The teleprinter used a development of Donald Murray's five-unit code but incorporated 'start-stop' signals as part of each letter code. This meant that the sending and receiving machines always remained in synchronism without needing highly accurate speed controls on the motors. Equipped with a standard typewriter keyboard, the teleprinter could be used by anyone with minimal training and the messages were automatically printed in clear type. The Creed teleprinter 3X was introduced in 1927 for the General Post Office and printed onto narrow gummed paper tape for pasting on to telegram forms. Until 1949, this was the standard machine used on the British Post Office Inland Telegraph Service for point-to-point and manual switching circuits.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified) , metal (unknown) , paint , textile and paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
1971-181 Pt1
type:
telegraph peripheral
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Cover for Creed telerpinter No. 3X, 1927-1942

Cover for Creed telerpinter No. 3X, 1927-1942

Cover for Creed teleprinter No. 3X, Serial No. 5416, by Creed and Company Limited, Croydon, Surrey, England, 1927-1942

Measurements:
overall: 255 mm x 600 mm x 365 mm,
Materials:
steel (metal)
Object Number:
1971-181 Pt2
type:
cover
Example message printed by Creed teleprinter No.3X, 1927-1942

Example message printed by Creed teleprinter No.3X, 1927-1942

Example message printed on gummed paper by the Creed teleprinter No.3X, Serial No. 5416, by Creed and Company Limited, Croydon, Surrey, England, 1927-1942

Materials:
paper (fibre product) and ink
Object Number:
1971-181/3
type:
printing paper
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum