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The History of the Telephone
40
classic books and vintage catalogs about telephone history
8
bonus short videos in .mp4 format
Telephone History on DVD-ROM!
A must have resource for any telephone fan!
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All books are
PDF
format that you know and trust, for easy reading and printing.
No
unknown or strange file formats!
Please ensure you have the latest copy of Adobe Reader installed on your
machine (it is free online).
FORMAT NOTICE:
This disk is only for use in your computer's
drive! It will NOT play in the DVD Player hooked up to
your TV or in your car! |
(SAMPLE PAGE VIEWS)
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A telephone, or phone, is a
telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a
conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly. A
telephone converts sound, typically and most efficiently the human
voice, into electronic signals suitable for transmission via cables or
other transmission media over long distances, and replays such signals
simultaneously in audible form to its user.
In 1876, Scottish emigrant Alexander Graham Bell was the first to be
granted a United States patent for a device that produced clearly
intelligible replication of the human voice. This instrument was further
developed by many others. The telephone was the first device in history
that enabled people to talk directly with each other across large
distances. Telephones rapidly became indispensable to businesses,
government, and households, and have come a long way as everyone now
carries one around with them. This nice collection on DVD-ROM
contains 40 historical books
chronicling the early history of the telephone.
9 bonus short videos are included
covering the early days of the telephone (all in mp4 format, for playing
in your computer only, not for use in a DVD player for your TV.)
Please note that this collection contains scans of old books and
magazines, some
of which were in poor condition before being rescued and digitized for
posterity. This means that you may see some pages with creases
and tears that show up in the scans.
Publications
included:
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ABC Of The Telephone
(1901) by
James Homans, 382 pages |
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American Electric
(1906) by The
American Electric Company, 33 pages |
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Andrae Catalog #11,
by The Julius
Andrae & Sons Company, 93 pages |
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Andrae Facts For Farmers About
Telephones,
by The Julius Andrae & Sons Company, 31 pages |
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Andrae Giant Telephones,
by The
Julius Andrae & Sons Company, 9 pages |
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Andrae Telephone Equipment
Catalog,
by The Julius Andrae & Sons Company, 18 pages |
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Chicago Telephone Catalog #29,
by The
Chicago Telephone Supply Co., 49 pages |
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Chicago Telephone Catalog #42,
by The
Chicago Telephone Supply Co., 82 pages |
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Chicago Telephone Catalog #51,
by The
Chicago Telephone Supply Co., 44 pages |
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DeVeau & Company Catalog
(1895),
24 pages |
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DeVeau & Company Catalog
(Catalog #12),
58 pages |
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Eureka Electric Company
Catalog,
27 pages |
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Farr Telephone Catalog #1,
16
pages |
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Farr Telephone Catalog #14,
52 pages |
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Gray Pay Telephone Catalog
(1912), 100 pages |
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Invention and Discovery
(1902), by
George Iles, 212 pages |
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Inventors
(1893), by Philip
Hubert, 319 pages |
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Lectures Upon the Mechanism of
Speech (1906), by Alexander Graham
Bell, 136 pages |
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Men Who are Making America
(1917),
by BC Forbes, 558 pages |
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Mianus Electric Catalog
(1895), 15
pages |
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Mianus Electric Catalog
(1899), 33
pages |
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Monarch Telephone Catalog #34,
18
pages |
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Monarch Telephone Catalog #54,
12 pages |
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Simultaneous Telephone and
Telegraphy
(1928), by Chas. Stanley Rhoads, 165 pages |
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Story of Alexander Graham
Bell,
33 pages |
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Stromberg-Carlson Telephone
Supplies Catalog
(1924), 78 pages |
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T. W. Ness Telephone Catalogue
#6, 33
pages |
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Telephone Construction
(1908), by WH
Radcliffe, 200 pages |
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Telephone Station Equipment
(1931),
by WH Freedman, 155 pages |
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The Bell Telephone System
(1941),
by Arthur Page, 264 pages |
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The Birth Of The Telephone
(1913), by Thomas Watson, 51 pages |
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The History of the Telephone
(1910),
by Herbert Casson |
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The Story Of The Telephone
(1927),
by Susan Meriwether, 91 pages |
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The Telephone In America
(1937),
68 pages |
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The Telephone in Canada
(1900), 36 pages |
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The Telephone, Researches in
Electric Telephony
(1878), 41 pages |
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Twelve years of the Telephone
Pioneers of America
(1923), by Harry Thayer, 100 pages |
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Western Telephone Company
Catalog,
40 pages |
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Western Telephone Construction
Company Catalog,
23 pages |
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Western Telephone History
(1935), 74 pages |
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