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Identifier: belltelephonemag26amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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to the height of a whisper, And yet to his ear, tuned and trained, This secret sound being sent from the next room Had a meaning only he understood. (music abruptly out) Bell (excitedly)Watson, where are you? Watson,are you there! (sound: door open) BellWatson . . . Bellat last. This is the key, Mr. WatsonYes, Mr. Bell? What is it? BellWhat did you do? Dont change any-thing. Let me see. WatsonI plucked the vibrating reed ... itseemed to stick. Like this.(sound of vibrating reed) So . Watson. And the door we unlocknext—who knows—may be the send-ing of human speech over a wire. Itmust be done. At least, we will try.(music under) NarratorAlmost a year later, on March 10,1876, Bell was at work in his room,seated near a transmitter, while Wat-son, his assistant, was several roomsaway at the receiving end of a one-way line. It was just another dayof tedious experimentation—testing,hoping, trying. As Bell leaned overthe work-bench, his arm spilled some i6 Bell Telephone Magazine SPRING
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Some of the members of the cast of the dramatic interlude presented duringthe Telephone Hour go over the script with Mr. Massey in rehearsal battery acid on. his clothes. Hejumped up and called out . . .(music out) BellMr. Watson, come here, I want you!(pause) Hmmm. Ive ruined thisjacket. How did I ever . . .(door open) BellYes, what is it, Mr. Watson? Haveyou seen a ghost? WatsonMr. Bell, Mr. Bell ... I heardevery word you said—over the wire! BellYou . . . heard? WatsonMr. Watson, come here, I wantyou. I heard it distinctly! (pause)That was the first sentence ever heardover the telephone, sir. Bell Not much of a sentence, was it? (bell laughs excitedly. WAT-SON joins) NarratorWell, thats how it began. Two menand a piece of wire—and faith.Would it work? Soon this plaything,which many people called it, went intobusiness, and the way you went aboutgetting early telephone service wassomething like this . . . (music out) HubbardNow lets see, Mr. Emery. You havean office here in the ci

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