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On This Day In Telephone History February 21ST 1878

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On This Day In Telephone History February 21ST, 1878, the District Telephone Company published the first telephone directory in the world with 50 subscribers. Amongst the first stores to sign up for the exchange were the New Haven Flour Co., New Haven Folding Chair Co. and the American Tea Co. Additionally, there were 11 homes, three physicians, two dentists, four meat and fish markets, the police, the Post Office and the Register Publishing Co.

On This Day In Telephone History February 21ST, 1878, the District Telephone Company published the First Telephone Directory in the world with 50 subscribers. Amongst the first stores to sign up for the exchange were the New Haven Flour Co., New Haven Folding Chair Co. and the American Tea Co. Additionally, there were 11 homes, … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History February 20TH 1967

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On This Day in Telephone History February 20TH 1967 Bell Telephone Laboratories announced a new kind of television camera tube. The new tube used a solid-state silicon “target structure” and provided greater sensitivity to light, higher reliability, and potentially longer life than conventional camera tubes. The new television camera tube was developed for use in future models of AT&T’s Picturephone. A HUMAN hair across a small part of the target structure of the new television camera tube assumes giant proportions when compared with the photodiodes.

On This Day in Telephone History February 20TH 1967 Bell Telephone Laboratories announced a New Kind of Television Camera Tube. The new tube used a solid-state silicon “target structure” and provided greater sensitivity to light, higher reliability, and potentially longer life than conventional camera tubes. The new television camera tube was developed for use in … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History February 17TH 1879

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On This Day in Telephone History, February 17TH 1879, the National Bell Telephone Company was formed. The National Bell Telephone Company of Boston and the International Bell Telephone Company in Brussels, Belgium were formed. The purpose of these organizations were to combine the first New England Telephone Company and the Bell Telephone Company into a national and international licensing company in order to speed the establishment of telephone service in cities throughout the United States and Europe. National Bell proved to be highly successful in this. (Dissolved by decree of court, December 8, 1903.)

On This Day in Telephone History, February 17TH 1879, the National Bell Telephone Company was Formed. The National Bell Telephone Company of Boston and the International Bell Telephone Company in Brussels, Belgium were formed. The purpose of these organizations were to combine the first New England Telephone Company and the Bell Telephone Company into a … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History February 17TH 1878

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On This Day in Telephone History, February 17TH 1878, San Francisco Became the third City in the World to Open a Telephone Exchange. Telephone demand gained momentum and San Francisco became the third city in the world to open a telephone exchange. This exchange was operated by the Western Union Company and the American Speaking Telephone Company provided Edison model telephones for subscribers.

On This Day in Telephone History, February 17TH 1878, San Francisco Became the Third City in the World to Open a Telephone Exchange. Telephone demand gained momentum and San Francisco became the third city in the world to open a telephone exchange. This exchange was operated by the Western Union Company and the American Speaking … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History February 16th 1968

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On This Day in Telephone History February 16th 1968 the First Ever 9-1-1 Call was Placed Alabama speaker of the house Rankin Fite placed the first-ever 9-1-1 call from Haleyville City Hall, to congressman Tom Bevill, at the city's police station. Bevill was accompanied by Gallagher and Alabama public service commission director Eugene “Bull" Connor.

On This Day in Telephone History February 16th 1968 the First Ever 9-1-1 Call was Placed. Alabama speaker of the house Rankin Fite placed the first-ever 9-1-1 call from Haleyville City Hall, to congressman Tom Bevill, at the city’s police station. Bevill was accompanied by Gallagher and Alabama public service commission director Eugene “Bull” Connor.

On This Day in Telephone History February 15TH 1876

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On This Day in Telephone History, February 15TH 1876, Elisha Gray patents the electro-harmonic telegraph. My invention primarily consists in a novel art of producing musical impressions or sounds by means of a series of properly-tuned vibrating reeds or bars thrown into action by means of a series of keys opening or closing electric circuits. It also consists in a novel art of transmitting tunes so produced through an electric circuit and reproducing them at the receiving end of the line. - from Elisha Gray’s notes in Patent Number 173,618  of February 15TH, 1876.

On This Day in Telephone History, February 15TH 1876, Elisha Gray patents the Electro-Harmonic Telegraph. My invention primarily consists in a novel art of producing musical impressions or sounds by means of a series of properly-tuned vibrating reeds or bars thrown into action by means of a series of keys opening or closing electric circuits. … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History February 14TH 1876

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On This Day in Telephone, February 14TH 1876, Elisha Gray submitted his caveat art work for transmitting and receiving voice electrically to the US Patent Office in Washington, DC. And so did Alexander Graham Bell. Mired in controversy, and unanswered to this day - How did Elisha Gray’s Artwork appear in the margin of Alexander Graham Bell’s patent application? And, Why was Gray’s early morning submission assigned the 39TH entry of the day and Bell’s early afternoon submission assigned the 5TH entry of the day?

On This Day in Telephone History, February 14TH 1876, Elisha Gray submitted his caveat art work for transmitting and receiving voice electrically to the US Patent Office in Washington, DC. And so did Alexander Graham Bell. Mired in controversy, and unanswered to this day – How did Elisha Gray’s Artwork appear in the margin of … Read more