paper dispenser for Siphon recorder, 1870
- maker:
- James White and Company
- inventor:
- William Baron Kelvin Thomson
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
Details
- Category:
- Telecommunications
- Object Number:
- 1923-233 Pt3
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass, metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
- type:
- telegraph peripheral
- taxonomy:
-
- component - object
- telegraph instrument
- credit:
- Donated by the Institution of Electrical Engineers
