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On This Day in Telephone History April 27TH 1956

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On This Day in Telephone History April 27, 1956, the First Bell Solar Battery to Power Telephone Calls. The use of transistors and solar batteries in a rural telephone system were proven successful at the end of a five-month field test in Americus, Georgia. Bell Laboratories and the Southern Bell Company cooperated in the test that included the use of the bell solar battery to furnish electricity to power telephone calls for the first time.

First Bell Solar Battery to Power Telephone Calls. The use of transistors and solar batteries in a rural telephone system were proven successful at the end of a five-month field test in Americus, Georgia. Bell Laboratories and the Southern Bell Company cooperated in the test that included the use of the bell solar battery to furnish electricity … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History April 27TH 1877

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On This Day in Telephone History April 27, 1877, Alexander Graham Bell Lectured at the Skiff Opera House in New Haven, Connecticut. Bell demonstrated a three-way telephone connection with Hartford and Middletown, inspiring George W Coy to seek the Bell Telephone franchises for those counties. By January of 1878, Coy had built the First Commercial Telephone Exchange in the World.

Alexander Graham Bell Lectured at Skiff’s Opera House in New Haven, Connecticut. Bell demonstrated a three-way telephone connection with Hartford and Middletown, inspiring George W Coy to seek the Bell Telephone franchises for those counties. By January of 1878, Coy had built the First Commercial Telephone Exchange in the World.

On This Day in Telephone History April 25TH 1954

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On This Day in Telephone History April 25, 1954, Bell Solar Battery Announced by Bell Telephone Laboratories. The Solar Battery Grew out of Attempts to make a Silicon Transistor.Something new under the sun - It's the Bell Solar Battery, made of thin discs of specially treated Silicon, an ingredient of common sand. It converts the sun's rays directly into usable amounts of electricity. Simple and trouble-free.NOTE: THE STORAGE BATTERIES BESIDE THE SOLAR BATTERY STORE UP ITS ELECTRICITY FOR NIGHT USE.

Bell Solar Battery Announced by Bell Telephone Laboratories. The Solar Battery Grew out of Attempts to make a Silicon Transistor. Something new under the sun – It’s the Bell Solar Battery, made of thin discs of specially treated Silicon, an ingredient of common sand. It converts the sun’s rays directly into usable amounts of electricity. Simple … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History April 25TH 1935

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On This Day in Telephone History April 25TH 1935 The First Telephone Call Sent Around the World. The First Telephone Call Sent Around The World Occurred in The Long Lines Building at 32 Sixth Avenue In NYC. WS Gifford and TG Miller of AT&T took part in a Historic Phone Call. Speaking on the phone from offices just 50 Feet Apart, the Call was transmitted over a Telephone Circuit that Stretched Approximately 23,000 Miles Around The World.

The First Telephone Call Sent Around the World. The First Telephone Call Sent Around The World Occurred in The Long Lines Building at 32 Sixth Avenue In NYC. WS Gifford and TG Miller of AT&T took part in a Historic Phone Call. Speaking on the phone from offices just 50 Feet Apart, the Call was transmitted over a Telephone … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History April 24TH 1879

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Foreign trade between the Bell Telephone Company and London England for telephone equipment began. A tiny exchange, with ten wires, was promptly started in London and on April 24, 1879, Theodore Vail, the young manager of the Bell Company, sent an order to the factory in Boston, "Please make one hundred hand telephones for export trade as early as possible." The foreign trade had begun. Then there came a thunderbolt out of a blue sky, a wholly unforeseen disaster. Just as a few energetic companies were sprouting up, the Postmaster General suddenly proclaimed that the telephone was a species of telegraph. from The History of the Telephone By Herbert Newton Casson.

Foreign trade between the Bell Telephone Company and London England for telephone equipment began. A tiny exchange, with ten wires, was promptly started in London and on April 24, 1879, Theodore Vail, the young manager of the Bell Company, sent an order to the factory in Boston, “Please make one hundred hand telephones for export … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History April 21ST 1962

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President Kennedy Opened the Seattle World's Fair via Telephone Lines.President Kennedy, in West Palm Beach, pressed a Telegraph Key that sent a signal over Telephone Lines to the Bell System's Earth Station at Andover, ME., To officially open the Seattle World's Fair. From Andover the giant horn antenna focused on Cassiopeia a and picked up energy emitted by the star that was relayed by Earth Telephone lines to Seattle.

President Kennedy Opened the Seattle World’s Fair via Telephone Lines. President Kennedy, in West Palm Beach, pressed a Telegraph Key that sent a signal over Telephone Lines to the Bell System’s Earth Station at Andover, ME., to officially open the Seattle World’s Fair. From Andover the giant horn antenna focused on Cassiopeia A and picked … Read more