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Title:
BT Converse 220 desk telephone
Object name(s):
telephone; telephone
Brief description:
BT Converse 220 desk telephone, cream, made in Malaysia, an example of a circuit-switched telephone in use in the Science Museum curatorial office immediately before the conversion of the Science Museum Group internal telephone system to VOIP (voice over internet protocol) on 16 December 2015, unknown maker, unknown date
Collection:
Science Museum Group
Credit line:
Science Museum
Dimension:
depth
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
8 11/16
Dimension:
depth
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
220
Dimension:
height
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
4 5/16
Dimension:
height
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
110
Dimension:
weight
Dimension measurement unit:
kg
Dimension value:
0.5
Dimension:
weight
Dimension measurement unit:
lbs
Dimension value:
1.10232
Dimension:
width
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
6 1/2
Dimension:
width
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
165
Material:
plastic (unidentified)
Material:
metal (unknown)
Object name:
telephone; telephone
Object production person:
British Telecom
Object production place:
Malaysia
Other number:
2016-73
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
E2015.0702.1
Other number type:
Previous number
Responsible department/section:
SCM - Telecommunications

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4c43d5da-b0bb-3c89-b1d4-f675ad491363

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4c43d5da-b0bb-3c89-b1d4-f675ad491363, Science Museum Group, CC BY

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