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  2. Telephone magneto - Wikipedia

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    A telephone magneto is a hand-cranked electrical generator that uses permanent magnets to produce alternating current from a rotating armature. In early telegraphy , magnetos were used to power instruments, while in telephony they were used to generate electrical current to drive electromechanical ringers in telephone sets and activate signals ...

  3. Western Electric hand telephone sets - Wikipedia

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    A typical Western Electric hand telephone set of c. 1930. It consists of a handset mounting with the handset held in a cradle, and a subscriber set mounted against a wall or vertical surface in close proximity. Shown is a B1A hand telephone set, also known as the type 102B-3 hand telephone set.

  4. Candlestick telephone - Wikipedia

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    A Western Electric desk stand telephone of the 1920s and 30s. The candlestick telephone (or pole telephone) is a style of telephone that was common from the late 1890s to the 1940s. A candlestick telephone is also often referred to as a desk stand, an upright, or a stick phone. Candlestick telephones featured a mouthpiece (transmitter) mounted ...

  5. List of model car brands - Wikipedia

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    Model Car Group (MCG) – Sealed 1:18 diecast replicas of old F1 cars, old European cars and old American cars. Model Factory Hiro – Japanese resin kit manufacturer. Often F1 cars in 1:12 scale. Model Icons – Model Power – Usually 1:87 scale HO trucks and cars. Model Products Corporation – See MPC.

  6. Ringer box - Wikipedia

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    Western Electric hand telephone set of c. 1930 with its ringer box or subscriber set in the background.. A ringer box is a telephone signaling device, similar to a bell box.It usually contains an electromechanical gong and was used with most early desk stand telephones, such as candlestick telephones and the Western Electric type Western Electric hand telephone sets, which were too small to ...

  7. Party line (telephony) - Wikipedia

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    A group camp, a pack station and 81 cabins all communicate by magneto-type crank phones. One ring is for the pack station, two rings is for the camp and three rings means "all cabins pick up." [51] There are also eight emergency telephone stations located along the hiking trail. [52] The system is a single wire using the ground as a return path ...

  8. Ericsson DBH 1001 telephone - Wikipedia

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    Ericsson Bakelite telephone 1931 The Bakelite phone ( bakelittelefon ) officially known as Ericsson DBH 1001 , and later as M33, N1020, and ED 702, was a Swedish line of telephones made from the polymer Bakelite and produced for over thirty years between 1931 and 1962.

  9. Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company - Wikipedia

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    Kellogg company logo as used from the 1920s to the 1950s. The Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company was an American manufacturer of telecommunication equipment. Anticipating the expiration of the earliest, fundamental Bell System patents, Milo G. Kellogg, an electrical engineer, founded the company in 1897 in Chicago to produce telephone exchange equipment and telephone apparatus.