Casson, Herbert Newton, 1869- · Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co. · leaf 152
manner of devices were solemnly tried tohush the wires, and each one usually proved tobe as futile as an incantation. What was to bedone? Step by step the telephone men weredriven back. They were beaten. There was noway to silence these noises. Reluctantly, theyagreed that the only way was to pull… … J. ,1. CARTY THE HISTORY OF THE TELEPHONE ing of the switchboards and the invention of newsignal systems. But it was inevitable; and in1883, while the dispute about it was in full blast,one of the young men quietly slipped it into useon a new line between Boston and Providence.The effect was…
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