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by Kempster Miller, George Patterson, Charles Thom, Robert Millikan,
Samuel McMeen

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Title: Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1
A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc.

Author: Kempster Miller
George Patterson
Charles Thom
Robert Millikan
Samuel McMeen

Release Date: April 14, 2005 [EBook #15617]

Language: English

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[Illustration: ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL The Inventor of the Telephone.]

Cyclopedia

of

Telephony and Telegraphy

_A General Reference Work on_

TELEPHONY, SUBSTATIONS, PARTY-LINE SYSTEMS, PROTECTION, MANUAL
SWITCHBOARDS, AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS, POWER PLANTS, SPECIAL
SERVICE FEATURES, CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING,
OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, TELEGRAPHY, WIRELESS
TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY, ETC.

_Prepared by a Corps of_

TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH EXPERTS, AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS OF
THE HIGHEST PROFESSIONAL STANDING

_Illustrated with over Two Thousand Engravings_

FOUR VOLUMES

CHICAGO

AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CORRESPONDENCE

1919

Authors and Collaborators

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KEMPSTER B. MILLER. M.E.
Consulting Engineer and Telephone Expert Of the Firm of McMeen and
Miller, Electrical Engineers and Patent Experts, Chicago
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Western Society of Engineers

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GEORGE W. PATTERSON, S.B., Ph.D.
Head, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan

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CHARLES THOM
Chief of Quadruplex Department, Western Union Main Office, New York City

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ROBERT ANDREWS MILLIKAN, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physics, University of Chicago
Member, Executive Council, American Physical Society