19th Nov, 2021 12:00
Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science
A French Telegraph Morse Code Ticker Machine
French, c.1900, signed to the front of the clockwork ‘La Société Industrielle des Téléphones, Paris’, mahogany plinth supporting the heavy clockwork mechanism, with pair of electromagnetic coils connected to sprung inker, with six spoked tape real on single brass pillar, on turned feet, the base 37cm wide
Footnote: La Société Industrielle des Téléphones (SIT) was created in December 1893 following the merger of the Menier cable and rubber factories and Société Générale des Téléphones.
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French, c.1900, signed to the front of the clockwork ‘La Société Industrielle des Téléphones, Paris’, mahogany plinth supporting the heavy clockwork mechanism, with pair of electromagnetic coils connected to sprung inker, with six spoked tape real on single brass pillar, on turned feet, the base 37cm wide
Footnote: La Société Industrielle des Téléphones (SIT) was created in December 1893 following the merger of the Menier cable and rubber factories and Société Générale des Téléphones.
Auction: Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021
