Telephone

Description

Box telephone consisting of a horseshoe magnet mounted horizontally on two blocks of wood, each with a coil of wire on a wooden spool on ends held parallel to a metal diaphragm

Museum reference

T.2002.134

Collection

Industry and Commerce : Communications

Object name

Telephone

Production information

Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847 - 1922, Designer
USA, North America

Date

1877

Materials

Wood, Metal, Wire, Gutta percha

Exhibitions

• Communicate (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

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Collection Story

On display

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science and technology, communicate