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On This Day in Telephone History April 30TH 1916

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On This Day in Telephone History April 30TH 1916 Enrico Caruso Sang over the Transcontinental Telephone Line

Enrico Caruso sang over the transcontinental telephone line from Atlanta, GA to San Francisco. At 4:00 a.m. on April 30, 1916, a near-capacity audience at the Tivoli listened to Enrico Caruso sing in Atlanta, Georgia, over Pacific and American Bell Telephone long-distance lines at the San Francisco Press Club’s “Ten Years After” commemoration of the … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History April 29TH 1880

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On This Day in Telephone History April 29, 1880, The Bell Telephone Company of Canada was incorporated to operate the telephone business throughout Canada and to manufacture telephones and associated equipment. Among the petitioners for the charter were professor Alexander Melville Bell and Hugh C. Baker. At the end of the year the company operated 13 exchanges and 2100 telephones.

The Bell Telephone Company of Canada was incorporated to operate the telephone business throughout Canada and to manufacture telephones and associated equipment. Among the petitioners for the charter were professor Alexander Melville Bell and Hugh C. Baker. At the end of the year the company operated 13 exchanges and 2100 telephones.

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