File:Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14753064181).jpg

Identifier: belltelephonemag17amerrich (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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THE ART OF THE MAKER For the Bell System, ffie art of makuuj telephone equip-ment, and of designing and applying llie mechanisms ofmeticulous precision or of giant strength that are requiredfor its standards, resides in the Western Electric Com-pany, an organization of some W.OOO people. In ttieminheres tlie accumulated skill of nearly 70 years. Ex-pressed in numbers, tliat skill is capable of producing,and does produce, 155,000 separate piece parts wJiich,variously combined, enter into U3,000 different designs offinished apparatus. Viewed in perspectives of large groups of men andwomen at work and of unusual mectianiccd functions, theintricacies of the manufacturing art are lost to sujht intlie magnitude of tJie joint effort. It is to acquaintreaders of flie Quarterly with some of tlie details of ttieindividual craftsmanship reflected in Western Electricapparatus and equipment tliat the following pages arepresented. —Western Electric 119
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This set lesls 2()i coiitiections on a cable ierminal. Placed upon the elevator in the set, the cable terminal is loivered until it makes the proper contacts within the set. By throiving a switch on the panel, the operator starts a sequence of electrical tests which show up defects in insulation or wiriiig. 120

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