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Device that makes the morse signals of a telegram
message audible
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In a wooden box on five wooden
feet. Made around 1900 by the firm Breguet in Paris. The
detachable cap has a number of holes in it to let the sound pass
through. The bottom plate has five brass binding posts, marked
"S", "P" and "I", "T"; the binding post in the middle has no
markings. |
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In Europe, before 1890, telegram messages
were exclusively recorded using a "telegraph", a device that wrote
the message on a paper strip. Later a "sounder" was used to make morse
signals audible, so that the operator could write down
the telegram message directly. |
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In The Netherlands this device was called "klopper";
in Anglo-Saxon countries "sounder"; in France "parleur". |
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Data |
| Serial number: |
8320 |
| Dimensions (w×h×d):
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15 x 12.5 x 9 cm |
| Made in: |
± 1900 |
| Purchased in: |
2013 |
| Sold in: |
2023 |
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