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Blake Telephone Transmitter

Blake Telephone Transmitter

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Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
Telephone Transmitter
Date made
ca 1885
Measurements
overall: 6 1/4 in x 5 in x 3 in; 15.875 cm x 12.7 cm x 7.62 cm
ID Number
EM.328103
accession number
270107
catalog number
328103
Credit Line
from Tufts University, Departments of Electrical Engineering and Physics
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