Telephone transmitter

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This is a replica of the original telephone transmitter designed by Alexander Graham Bell. He patented his invention in 1876.

This replica dates from 1937 and was made by the General Post Office Engineers Department in Edinburgh.

Alexander Graham Bell, 1847-1922, created a transmitter that could convert sound waves into electrical currents, pass them down a pair of wires to another place, and convert them back into sound waves through a receiver. He called it the telephone.

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• Online ID: 000-000-099-988-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: Innovators and Innovations (multimedia essay)
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  T.1964.56
• Date: 1937
  Original: 1876; replica: 1937
  
• Material: Telephone, electric / facsimile
  
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 152 mm x 101 mm
  
• What: Telephone, electric / facsimile
  
• Subject: 7. TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony (Departmental Classification)
  
• Who: Alexander Graham Bell (inventor of telephone)
  General Post Office Engineers Department, Edinburgh (facsimile maker)
  
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
  
• Event:
• Description: Facsimile of the electric telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1875, made by the General Post Office Engineers Departm
  
• References:
  • Bruce, Robert V. Alexander Graham Bell and the conquest of solitude. London: Gollancz, 1973
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