electromechanical switching

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  • Alexander Graham Bell and the New York City–Chicago telephone link
    In telephone: Electromechanical switching

    The idea of automatic switching appeared as early as 1879, and the first fully automatic switch to achieve commercial success was invented in 1889 by Almon B. Strowger, the owner of an undertaking business in Kansas City, Missouri. The Strowger switch consisted of…

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