DocumentCode
1261210
Title
Subsequent developments in telephone instruments
Author
Richards, D.L. ; Connolly, D.C.A.
Author_Institution
General Post Office, Research Department, Telephony, Transmission Performance Section, London, UK
Volume
22
Issue
3
fYear
1976
fDate
3/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
168
Lastpage
172
Abstract
One of the most fruitful inventions in telephony took place at Bolton Percy, Yorkshire. A country curate discovered that crushed coke made a very good material for a variable-resistance microphone. That was in 1878. By 1957, the microphone and earphone that are used in almost all British Post Office telephone sets today were developed
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics and Power
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5127
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/ep.1976.0079
Filename
5183204
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