telettrofono

telecommunication device

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history of telephones

  • Alexander Graham Bell and the New York City–Chicago telephone link
    In telephone: Early sound transmitters

    …devices in his home called telettrofoni that he used to communicate between rooms, though he did not patent his inventions. By 1861 Johann Philipp Reis of Germany had designed several instruments for the transmission of sound. The transmitter Reis employed consisted of a membrane with a metallic strip that would…

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