Telephony A Comprehensive and Detailed Exposition of the Theory and Practice of the Telephone Art
by McMeen, Samuel G. And Miller, Kempster B
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: American School of Correspondence, 1912. 948 pp. including index. Brown cloth, gold lettering on spine. Extremities rubbed. Front hinge a little loose but completely secure. Slight wrinkle and dent on front board. Text block is remarkably tight and clean, but for dried leaves pressed between pp. 402-3. Profusely illustrated throughout with photos, drawings and diagrams. A history of the development of the telephone and telephone system as well as scientific explanation of the transmission of sound and instruments and equipment devised to do so. 53 chapters on every aspect of the science, manufacture, construction and maintenance of telephones and telephone systems. Scarce and fascinating resource.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Thick 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027666
- Title
- Telephony A Comprehensive and Detailed Exposition of the Theory and Practice of the Telephone Art
- Author
- McMeen, Samuel G. And Miller, Kempster B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- American School of Correspondence
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Telephone Communications Bell Telephone Telephony
- Size
- Thick 8vo
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