Screen LibraryThe telephone
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| Main Authors: | |
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| Published: |
Franklin Watts,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Inventions that shaped the world |
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| Carrier Form: | 80 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
053112407X 9780531124079 9780531139035 (pbk.) 0531139034 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | TN916 |
| CLC: | TN916-49 |
| Call Number: | TN916-49/K964 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 75) and index. Long-distance communication -- Smoke signals, drum beats, dots and dashes -- Alexander Graham Bell -- "Mr. Watson-come here-I want to see you" -- Totally connected -- Continuing development of telephones and telephone service. Describes the evolution of communication from smoke signals to e-mail, focusing on the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, and explains how this technology changed America's economy and environment. |