paper dispenser for Siphon recorder, 1870
- inventor:
- William Baron Kelvin Thomson
- maker:
- James White and Company
Paper dispenser for siphon recorder, designed by William Thomson (Baron Kelvin) made by James White & Company, Glasgow, Scotland, 1870. Used by the Eastern Telegraph Co in Egypt, and later in India
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Details
- Category:
- Telecommunications
- Object Number:
- 1923-233 Pt3
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass, metal (unknown), wood (unidentified)
- type:
- telegraph peripheral
- taxonomy:
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- component - object
- telegraph instrument
- credit:
- Donated by the Institution of Electrical Engineers
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