Telegraph Syphon Recorder

Muirhead & Co. Ltd.; Beckenham

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  • Year
  • 1900 ??
  • Category
  • Morse-Equipment & TTY, RTTY, TDD etc.
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 346289

 Technical Specifications

  • Wave bands
  • - without
  • Power type and voltage
  • Other, details in remarks or not known.
  • Loudspeaker
  • - - No sound reproduction output.
  • Material
  • Various materials
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Telegraph Syphon Recorder - Muirhead & Co. Ltd.; Beckenham
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 340 x 330 x 340 mm / 13.4 x 13 x 13.4 inch
  • Notes

  • The Telegraph Syphon Recorder replaced Thomson’s previous invention, the mirror galvanometer as the standard receiving instrument for submarine telegraph cables, allowing long cables to be worked using just a few volts at the sending end.

    In an ebonised mahogany base with speed control to the side for Froment electric motor, drawer to front containing paper reel, large electromagnetic detector above with ink reservoir, electrical connections to rear, ebonised & glazed mahogany cover with hinged access doors to cover.

    Similar to Syphon Recorder.

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  • Author
  • Model page created by Gary Cowans. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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