Picture No | 10215505 |
Date | 1891 |
Description | First Anglo-French telephone1891 |
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Completion of the first Anglo-French telephone with callers in London speaking to Paris. Insert picture no. 1 shows a telephone wire-testing machine, and no.2 shows a Subscribers (Silent) Box for making private calls.
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Source | Engraving in 'The Illustrated London News', 28 March 1891, page 400 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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