The Historical Register: A Biographical Record of the Men of Our Time who Have Contributed to the Making of AmericaEdwin Charles Hill, Bela James Porter Edwin C. Hill, 1919 |
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... Telephone and Telegraph Company was formed in 1880 Mr. Vail became the first president , retiring from telephone service in 1887. Three years after his retirement to his farm in 1890 he went to Buenos Ayres , obtained from the ...
... Telephone and Telegraph Company was formed in 1880 Mr. Vail became the first president , retiring from telephone service in 1887. Three years after his retirement to his farm in 1890 he went to Buenos Ayres , obtained from the ...
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... telephone invention was something more than a prodigy of skill . Dr. Bell himself said : " When I began my experiments upon the telephone I had no scientific knowledge of electricity . I knew practically nothing about it , and had it ...
... telephone invention was something more than a prodigy of skill . Dr. Bell himself said : " When I began my experiments upon the telephone I had no scientific knowledge of electricity . I knew practically nothing about it , and had it ...
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... telephones , heard the first telephone concert on record , which was given by the Arsenal Band at the residence of General Sherman . Mark Twain had a telephone put into his residence at Hartford , Connecticut , early in 1877 . The ...
... telephones , heard the first telephone concert on record , which was given by the Arsenal Band at the residence of General Sherman . Mark Twain had a telephone put into his residence at Hartford , Connecticut , early in 1877 . The ...
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