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Old Telephones - Shire Library
Old Telephones - Shire Library
paperback | English
Published:
10 November, 2010
paperback | English
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From its demonstration to Queen Victoria in 1878, through the bake light models of the 1920s and '30s to the chic plastic designs of the 1970s and '80s, Andrew Emmerson traces the evolution of the humble telephone over more than a century. Magneto, skeleton and candlestick telephones accompany the National Telephone Company, telephone kiosks and railway platform telephones in this fascinating history of Alexander Graham Bell's most famous invention.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780852637814 |
| ISBN10 | 0852637810 |
| Number Of Pages | 32 |
| Item Weight | 98 g |
| Product Dimensions | 149 x 210 x 6 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format | paperback |
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Author's Bio
Andrew Emmerson is a writer by profession and is just old enough to remember old candlestick telephones in use. His serious interest in telephones and telegraphs dates from the 1960s. Since then he has assembled a varied collection of old instruments and books about them. When he began collecting, old telephones were not fashionable and instruments could be bought cheaply, but although collectors have to pay more these days he feels that old technology deserves wider appreciation.
When he is not writing and broadcasting on the subject of today's high-tech wizardry, Andrew Emmerson enjoys discovering the history of the inventions which came before this, also restoring and reviving equipment based on these older technologies.