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The Coming of the Dial........

Started by JubileeCompact, October 06, 2012, 04:23:43 PM

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JubileeCompact

Made by the GPO in 1933 explaining the automation of exchanges............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFbRvAuJkXg

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twocvbloke

1:15, methinks that dial is faulty... :D

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Quote from: twocvbloke on October 06, 2012, 07:18:12 PM
1:15, methinks that dial is faulty.
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twocvbloke

And not a single mention of Almon B. Strowger when talking about the automatic exchange equipment... ???

Surely the GPO didn't want to appear as if they invented it all and were taking credit for Strowger's designs, did they? :D