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Telephone And Its Several Inventors : A History, Paperback by Coe, Lewis, Bra...
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- Book Title
- Telephone And Its Several Inventors : A History
- ISBN
- 9780786426096
- Subject Area
- Technology & Engineering, History
- Publication Name
- Telephone and Its Several Inventors : a History
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
- Subject
- General, Electrical, Telecommunications, United States / General
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 11.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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On March 7, 1876, the U.S. Patent Office issued to a young inventor named Alexander Graham Bell what is arguably the most valuable patent ever: entitled "improvements in telegraphy," in truth it secured for Bell the basic principles involved in a telephone. On the same day that Bell filed his patent application, a caveat (a preliminary patent document) was filed by Elisha Gray. This coincidence sparked the first of many debates over whether Bell was the true inventor of the telephone. In the early 1860s Johann Phillipp Reis developed a version of the instrument, but his claims against Bell were hampered by the bungling of his lawyers in demonstrating his instrument in court. This work is a first look at the many men who developed the telephone and an examination of their claims against Bell's patent. A lay description of the phone is also provided, as well as a history of the development of the telephone system.
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Publisher
Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-10
0786426098
ISBN-13
9780786426096
eBay Product ID (ePID)
50593003
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Telephone and Its Several Inventors : a History
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Subject
General, Electrical, Telecommunications, United States / General
Publication Year
2006
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering, History
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
11.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
95-013651
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Edition Description
Alternate
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"history buffs will find the book of interest. All levels"-- Choice ; "a labor of love...exceptionally well-researched, and contains a fine balance of technical and often startling historical information that grips the reader's interest well past bedtime"-- Inventor's Digest ; "excellent"-- Dots and Dashes.
Table of Content
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Telephone Chronology viii Introduction 1. The Patent 2. The Poor Schoolmaster 3. Yellow Breeches Creek 4. Under Pressure 5. Inventors Galore! 6. A Great Undertaking 7. Long Distance 8. A Man from Oberlin 9. Western Union 10. The Military Telephone 11. Down on the Farm 12. Collecting Telephones 13. Hackers and Phreaks 14. Over the Waves 15. The Singing Wires 16. How They Worked 17. The New Kids on the Block 18. Conclusion Appendices 1. Cities with Independent Telephone Companies 2. Cities That Once Had Independent Telephone Companies 3. Associations and Publications Related to Telephony 4. Insulator Manufacturers in the United States 5. Telephone Manufacturers 6. Some Communications Museums in the United States 7. Affidavits of Zenas Fisk Wilber 8. Affidavits of Alexander Graham Bell in Reply to That of Zenas Fisk Wilber 9. The Untold Story of the Telephone 10. Alexander Graham Bell's Original Patent Application, 1876 11. Alexander Graham Bell's Patent Application, 1877 Glossary Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2006
Dewey Decimal
621.385/09
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
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