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LicenseSilver-plated ear trumpet
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Conversation tube hearing aid, also known as a speaking tube, silver plated with fabric-covered rubberised tube and bakelite earpiece, by F. C. Rein & Son, London, 1880-1935.
Details
- Category:
- Audiology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A136363
- Materials:
- trumpet, silver (plated), trumpet, bakelite, earpiece, bakelite, tube, silk and tube, felt
- Measurements:
-
unfurled: length 640 mm
tube: diameter 25 mm
trumpet aperture: diameter 72 mm
- type:
- hearing aids
- credit:
- Clarke, G.
