Collection

Granular carbon-type telephone transmitter

Made:
c. 1885 in Manchester

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Granular carbon type telephone transmitter, made by David Moseley & Sons, Manchester, c.1890.

Details

Category:
Telecommunications
Object Number:
Y1999.2.5
Materials:
metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
type:
telephone transmitter
credit:
Gift of British Telecommunications Museum

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