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The telephone gambit : chasing Alexander Graham Bell's secret Cover Image Book

The telephone gambit : chasing Alexander Graham Bell's secret / Seth Shulman.

Shulman, Seth. (Author).

Summary:

Although Alexander Graham Bell is widely accepted as the father of the telephone (despite the fact that rival inventor Elisha Gray submitted a similar claim the same day Bell filed his patent), Schulman provides intriguing evidence questioning if the scales were deliberately tipped in Alexander's favor.--From amazon.com.

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  • ISBN: 9780393062069
  • ISBN: 0393062066
  • Physical Description: 256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Co., [2008]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-242) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1 Playing Telephone 11 -- 2 Disconnected 17 -- 3 On the Hook 26 -- 4 Calling Home 39 -- 5 No Answer 50 -- 6 Operator Assistance 63 -- 7 Clear Reception 77 -- 8 Person-to-Person 84 -- 9 Interference 96 -- 10 Caller I.D. 110 -- 11 Tapping the Phone 126 -- 12 Bad Connection 138 -- 13 On the Line 147 -- 14 Call Waiting 163 -- 15 Party Line 179 -- 16 Conference Call 198.

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Subject:
Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.
Gray, Elisha, 1835-1901.
Telephone > History.
Telephone > Patents.
Inventors > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Patents.
Biographies.

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