Worth reading, a short history of the telephone. Love this from - TopicsExpress



          

Worth reading, a short history of the telephone. Love this from William Preece, chief engineer of the General Post Office: "There are conditions in America which necessitate the use of such instruments more than here," he told a House of Commons committee. "Here we have a super-abundance of messengers, errand boys and things of that kind. The absence of servants has compelled America to adopt communications systems for domestic purposes. Few have worked at the telephone much more than I have, I have one in my office but more for show. If I want to send a message - I employ a boy to take it." bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23448353
Posted on: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 07:13:25 +0000

Trending Topics



Recently Viewed Topics




© 2015