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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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hese weresome of the favorites. And always atthe lilt of the last two syllables ofMinnehaha the crowd roared. It is estimated that the number ofvisitors to the Voder room exceeded 5,000,000, Here is what the wit-nesses say:— That machine is a wonderful ac-complishment, and demonstrates theskill of telephone engineers in han-dling problems of speech. Man from U. S. Patent Office:Stated he had visited the Voder dem-onstration several times and it is themost remarkable of anything he hadseen at the Fair. Is is true that there really is nophonograph record? My, its amaz-ing! ^ Elderly man: The miracles, as theBible describes them, are really true,for here in this room we are witnessinga modern miracle. The wonders ofGod transmitted through mans mindare truly being demonstrated here. I am tired of the regular Voderdemonstration. I have heard it 19times and I come in now only to hearthe Voder try new words. I visit yourExhibit on every trip to the Fair. 64 Bell Telephone Quarterly JANUARY
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ACROSS THE CONTINENT The long distance demonstration was spectacular to watch as well as fun to listen to A man said that the Voder is awonderful example of the advance-ment the telephone industry has madein the technical research of sound andspeech. The Voder is just marvelous andso is the girl who is operating it. Woman Science Teacher: Said that,in her opinion, the Voder is the near-est approach to a human function inscience. Professor of Oriental Languages:Said he was impressed by the me- chanical and electrical marvels of themachine. He had an idea of the diffi-culties which had to be surmountedbecause of his experience in teachingArabic and other languages by pho-netics. He added that he intended toput our Exhibit on the must list forhis associates on the faculty. Hearing Tests Were Very Popular Among all the exhibits at the Fairthe hearing tests ranked high in novelappeal and personal benefit. Thatthey were so considered is indicatedby the fact that the tests given to vis-itors

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