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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 549

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lked. But when the distances become greater, or thecurrent is too weak to perform good telephoneservice, the real wonder of the buzzer comes intoplay. By a simple contrivance this weak currentcan be made to work a buzzer which can readilybe heard at a distant end of the wire where thereceiving… … ANTENNAE POLES, BAGS, GUY WIRES, LINES, ETC., ONAN ARMY PACK-MULE. the wire, and a lot of current leak away—andstill the buzzer works. An army may tread the igu.] THE NERVES OF AN ARMY 415 wire into the ground—the buzzer does nt falter.A wagon-train may pass over a buzzer wire andbreak it, an enemy…

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