Telephone: The First Hundred Years, Volume 10"The wondrous invention that changed a world and spawned a corporate giant"--Jacket subtitle. |
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... installed in 1940 and 1941-950,000 and 1,360,000 , respectively - bringing the total in service to almost 19 million ; by the end of the war in 1945 it would be 22 million . By 1941 , when the nation was deeply en- gaged in a great ...
... installed in 1940 and 1941-950,000 and 1,360,000 , respectively - bringing the total in service to almost 19 million ; by the end of the war in 1945 it would be 22 million . By 1941 , when the nation was deeply en- gaged in a great ...
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... installed in 1951 , setting a new annual record ; the following year , the company was able to report that more new phones had been installed since the war than had been in service before it . The regulatory log jam having been broken ...
... installed in 1951 , setting a new annual record ; the following year , the company was able to report that more new phones had been installed since the war than had been in service before it . The regulatory log jam having been broken ...
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... installed and turned over to the North American Air Defense Command a con- tinent - wide military telephone network ; built and installed a nine- thousand circuit coast - to - coast blast - resistant telephone cable , designed to ...
... installed and turned over to the North American Air Defense Command a con- tinent - wide military telephone network ; built and installed a nine- thousand circuit coast - to - coast blast - resistant telephone cable , designed to ...
Contents
The Colossus of Talk | 3 |
Beginnings | 35 |
Through the Valley | 59 |
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