848. A cordless phone or scanner battery, usually wrapped in plastic or encased in a removeable hard plastic case.
12/14/2006 6:09 AM
Anonymous said...
Definitely a ni-cad battery pack...at 7.2V it's a little much for a phone though...could be from almost anything from about a decade ago.
12/14/2006 8:46 AM
Anonymous said...
852 Telegraph recorder. Extensively used years ago by fire departments and alarm companies to record alarm box locations. Each firehouse in the district would have one. You would "read" the punched holes to know what alarm box location to respond to. Variations of this machine inked onto the tape.
12/14/2006 10:30 AM
Anonymous said...
852. I think most of us would know this as a ticker tape machine.
- Edward
12/14/2006 6:07 PM
Anonymous said...
848 standard 9 volt battery, naked.
12/14/2006 9:34 PM
Anonymous said...
852 According to an 1892 E.S. Greeley Co. electrical apparatus catalog the unit pictured here is an "Ink Writing Fire Alarm Register".
"Set 148"
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848. A cordless phone or scanner battery, usually wrapped in plastic or encased in a removeable hard plastic case.
12/14/2006 6:09 AM
Definitely a ni-cad battery pack...at 7.2V it's a little much for a phone though...could be from almost anything from about a decade ago.
12/14/2006 8:46 AM
852 Telegraph recorder. Extensively used years ago by fire departments and alarm companies to record alarm box locations. Each firehouse in the district would have one. You would "read" the punched holes to know what alarm box location to respond to.
Variations of this machine inked onto the tape.
12/14/2006 10:30 AM
852. I think most of us would know this as a ticker tape machine.
- Edward
12/14/2006 6:07 PM
848 standard 9 volt battery, naked.
12/14/2006 9:34 PM
852 According to an 1892 E.S. Greeley Co. electrical apparatus catalog the unit pictured here is an "Ink Writing Fire Alarm Register".
12/14/2006 10:14 PM
A couple of the guesses are correct, please check the answer page for more info.
12/15/2006 6:00 PM