Game: Guess the mystery object !

[piferal]

No problem, here you go.

Edit: Since there is no proposal yet, and it's late here, I go to sleep.

If someone wants to put something else, go ahead.

 

[ped]

Well I can see a morse key, but the rest is perplexing

It looks like 2 separate machines?

 

[Sigurthr]

On the left looks like an induction coil spark gap transmitter, not sure what the right machine is but a spiral spring and key are visible. Could it be a morse code competition device?

 

[BShanahan14rulz]

Yep, this is the only glass delay line I found in the Mitsubishi TV I took apart yesterday. The rest were electronic, consisting of coils and some hollow ceramic tubes, which I guess were capacitors.

Perhaps instead of a voicemail, it is telegraph mail? Or perhaps it is the first modem of sorts, multiplexing the data on that drum down to digital data to be transmitted.

Judging by all the fire and sparks around it, it is generally used to set off fireworks remotely.

 

[piferal]

Well I can see a morse key, but the rest is perplexing

It looks like 2 separate machines?

Yes, they are 2 separate machines, but to make the game easier I've put the full set.

On the left looks like an induction coil spark gap transmitter, not sure what the right machine is but a spiral spring and key are visible. Could it be a morse code competition device?

Is not a morse code competition device.

Clue: but as you all can have seen on the left side, it does have to do with the Morse code.

Yep, this is the only glass delay line I found in the Mitsubishi TV I took apart yesterday. The rest were electronic, consisting of coils and some hollow ceramic tubes, which I guess were capacitors.

Perhaps instead of a voicemail, it is telegraph mail? Or perhaps it is the first modem of sorts, multiplexing the data on that drum down to digital data to be transmitted.

Judging by all the fire and sparks around it, it is generally used to set off fireworks remotely.

No voicemail, telegraph mail, etc, or related to Fireworks.

 

[Kookapeli]

The one on the right looks like a music box or a sound recorder ??

 

[ped]

Is it a morse generator on the right (power source) and the morse transmitter on the left?

So its like a portable morse transmitter?

 

[phoenix77]

I tend to agree with ped. I think that the coil spring supplies the power to operate the Morse key device independent of any electrical power supply. You just have to wind it up periodically, just like an old pocket watch.

 

[piferal]

The one on the right looks like a music box or a sound recorder ??

No to all, sorry.

Is it a morse generator on the right (power source) and the morse transmitter on the left?

So its like a portable morse transmitter?

On the left, it is a Morse transmitter, this is clear, but to the right, which is what interests us here, is not a power source.

So, is not a portable morse transmitter.

I tend to agree with ped. I think that the coil spring supplies the power to operate the Morse key device independent of any electrical power supply. You just have to wind it up periodically, just like an old pocket watch.

The same, no.

Edit: another clue, It was a tool that could be used in the early of the twentieth century for the "operators" in telegraphy for commercial, military, etc.. as well as in homes, for enthusiasts or others.

 

[ped]

A timer of some kind?

 

[piferal]

A timer of some kind?

There is not a timer, but as you can see, one part of its mechanism was used to control a "cadence", (I do not know if I express myself correctly).

Another clue, It was a tool that could be used in the early of the twentieth century for the "operators" in telegraphy for commercial, military, etc.. as well as in homes, for enthusiasts or others.

It was an automatic tool.

 

[ped]

Does it send pre set messages so the operator can just wind it up and it sends messages?

If so, your looking at the worlds first spam bot right there

 

[piferal]

Does it send pre set messages so the operator can just wind it up and it sends messages?

If so, your looking at the worlds first spam bot right there

Haha, spam, very good, not exactly, this tool is not designed for that, but in a way I will give it for ok, for not extend much the game, and so you, or another member can put anything else.

This is an old teaching tool called Omnigraph.

Is a tool to teaching to help beginners to learn Morse code, and also how make to operate a telegraph station properly.

Here you will find some information about this device.

Omnigraph Code Instruction Devices

 

[ped]

Hi piferal

 

[Kookapeli]

Is it a clocking on machine ?

 

[ped]

Not even close :beer:

No clues yet, too early.