How to amuse yourself and others : the American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 241
iP … CHAPTER XX. HOW TO MAKE A TELEPHONE. ELLO ! Hello ! What is it you say ? You canreally make a telephone ? What fun ! How farwill it work ? You think it can be heard a longdistance ? Very good. Could we manage toconstruct such a one ? How, pray tell us ? The answer which came back over the linewe…