Vintage Bell Telephone Laboratories 'The Magic of Your Telephone' Book [1958]

Description: Vintage Bell Telephone Laboratories 'The Magic of Your Telephone' Book [1958] > Overall in Very Good to Excellent condition,100% commensurate with age and original intended use > Lithography, 28 pages, printed in U.S.A. in 1958 > Approximately 6" x 9" > An extraordinary moment-in-time Bell Telephone Laboratories info book capturing in part the years directly following the creation of the U.S. 3-digit area codes in order to make direct "long distance" calls [1951], the creation of the first modern solar cell (photovoltaic) [1954], the laying of the first transatlantic communications cable (TAT-1) [1956] and the creation of the first transistor for which the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to its inventors [1956] > MORE INFO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_distance_dialing > MORE INFO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cell > MORE INFO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAT-1 > MORE INFO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor > "In 1880, when the French government awarded Alexander Graham Bell the Volta Prize of 50,000 francs (approximately US$10,000 at that time; about $270,000 in January 2019's dollars) for the invention of the telephone, he used the award to fund the Volta Laboratory (Alexander Graham Bell Laboratory) in Washington, D.C. in collaboration with Sumner Tainter and Bell's cousin Chichester Bell. The laboratory was variously known as the Volta Bureau, the Bell Carriage House, the Bell Laboratory and the Volta Laboratory.It focused on the analysis, recording, and transmission of sound. Bell used his considerable profits from the laboratory for further research and education to permit the "[increased] diffusion of knowledge relating to the deaf": resulting in the founding of the Volta Bureau (c.1887) which was located at Bell's father's house at 1527 35th Street N.W. in Washington, D.C. Its carriage house became their headquarters in 1889.In 1893, Bell constructed a new building close by at 1537 35th Street N.W., specifically to house the lab. This building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1972." > MORE INFO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs > Please message us for any additional/specific photos you would like to see, otherwise if you purchase this we will automatically assume the Description and the 12 provided photos are enough for you to 100% understand and accept that what you are purchasing is 100% what you want to purchase --------- Feel free to make an offer, no reasonable ones will be refused. DELIVERYSafely and discretely packaged and then expeditiously shipped via USPS Media Mail. CONDITIONIf an item is not in New condition, then it is carefully determined to be a reasonable combination of Very Good, Excellent and Like-New condition. Unless an item is widely considered Rare and its current less-than-Very-Good condition is widely accepted as commensurate with its age and original intended use, we never feature any items in less than Very Good condition. RETURNSWe are currently unable to accept returns. In the extremely rare case that we accidentally ship you an item(s) that you did not buy, we will pay the return shipping and then ship you your item(s) as soon as we have received the returned item(s) and determined them to be in the same condition in which they were originally shipped. Our most sincere apologies in advance if this transpires. --------- Questions? Comments? Feedback of a constructive nature? Please don't hesitate to message us. THANK YOU! The Winged Wolf eBay Team

Price: 40 USD

Location: Seattle, Washington

End Time: 2025-01-16T20:51:56.000Z

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