Gowerscher telephone

The Gower telephone is an electroacoustic telephone that has been further developed by Gower and is based on the improved Siemens model .

Gowerscher telephone closed (left) and open (right)

functionality

The Gower telephone is made in the shape of a clock with a flat horseshoe magnet aa curved in the shape of a semicircle . The poles of the magnet are provided with tips of soft iron, on each of which there is an induction coil b .

The entire device is enclosed by a housing, the cover of which carries the vibrating membrane, while the mouthpiece is attached in the form of a tube opposite the membrane for easier handling.

A whistle serves as a signaling device for the call .

See also

• Bellscher telephone
• Siemens telephone
• Aderscher telephone
• Hughes telephone
• Elisha Gray

literature

• Grawinkel: Textbook of Telephone and Microphone (2nd edition). Berlin 1884
• Wietlisbach: Telephony technology . Vienna 1886