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Identifier: belltelephonemag19amerrich (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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wallabove the exhibit. At the conclusion of each demon-stration, visitors were invited to askquestions. They were always curiousabout the electrical registration ofcalls, toll charges, the operation ofthe busy test, those involving mechan-ical features, and a wide range of tel-ephone subjects. These discussionswere of the most friendly sort andboth questioners and listeners seemedto enjoy them. It is estimated that900,000 witnessed the demonstration.And here is what some of themsay:— I have frequently been skepticalconcerning your accuracy in billingadditional local messages, but now Ibelieve your system of recording andcompiling local message charges is ex-cellent. We have dial service at home andI have always wondered how it works.I was interested in the dial demon-stration but I still think it quite com-plicated. This is the most enlightening andenjoyable scientific display I have everseen. It acquaints the public in anunderstandable manner with the dial AT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIAL
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system. The average individualshould be able to appreciate the vastimprovement that the dial systembrings. v^ How interesting! Now for thefirst time I feel that I understand whathappens when I dial! The maze of equipment in a dialoffice has always puzzled me. Youhave given me the simplest and clear-est explanation I have ever heard. Man: Said he and his wife enjoyedthe dial demonstration greatly. Headded he never gave much considera-tion before to what actually happenedwhen he dialed but just took it forgranted. Man: Said he had always attributedhis high bills to the fact that he wascharged for busy calls. He addedhe was glad that he had stopped atthe dial demonstration and learnedthat his register does not operate onbusy calls. The Hall of Pioneers The exhibits in the Hall of Pioneers,in addition to a large voice mirror, I 70 Bell Telephone Quarterly JANUARY were chiefly displays of telephone ap-paratus, showing the improvementsthat have been made in cables, coils,central office equi

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