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'Marconi' Auto-Alarm Morse Key Type 316A, by Marconi Company, English, c. 1920

Inventory Number 82360


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.82360

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
Primary inscriptions
"TYPE 316A / NO 3845" etched into plinth.
Object type
Radio communication
Dimensions
Height: 45mm Width: 55mm Depth: 100mm
Inventory No
82360
Accession Number
2004-9/43

Description

'Marconi' Auto-Alarm Morse Key Type 316A, for use with 'Marconi' Auto-Alarm. Grey painted metal case with bakelite? morse key mounted on ebonite? base. For maritime use. Previously catalogued and associated with 'Marconi' Auto-Alarm Receiver Type 332 (Inv. Num. 41271), 'Marconi' Auto-Alarm Selector Type 333 (Inv. Num. 22770), 'Marconi' Auto-Alarm Buzzer Type 225 (Inv. Num. 34759), 'Marconi' Auto-Alarm Bell Type 117 (Inv. Num. 14147).