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  2. Candlestick telephone - Wikipedia

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    The first tube shaft candlestick telephone was the Western Electric #20B Desk Phone patented in 1904. [1] In the 1920s and 1930s, telephone technology shifted to the design of more efficient desktop telephones that featured a handset with receiver and transmitter elements in one unit, making the use of a telephone more convenient.

  3. Western Electric hand telephone sets - Wikipedia

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    It was essentially a candlestick base with a shortened shaft of approximately one and one half inch in height, topped with a new cradle for the handset. It was later referred to as the type A handset mounting. The release of the new hand telephone set uncovered mechanical flaws, so that a new base was designed to replace the shortened candlestick.

  4. History of the telephone - Wikipedia

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    The carbon microphone was also used in radio broadcasting and public address work through the 1920s. 1896 telephone . In the 1890s a new smaller style of telephone was introduced, the candlestick telephone, and it was packaged in three parts. The transmitter stood on a stand, known as a "candlestick" for its shape.

  5. Rotary dial - Wikipedia

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    In Spain, such phones were manufactured for CTNE (Compañía Telefónica Nacional de España) by Málaga-based factory "CITESA", being named as "Góndola" phones by its particular shape. Spanish Góndola sets were fitted from the beginning with a red LED series connected with the line, allowing the dial ("disco" in Spanish) to be backlit while ...

  6. Timeline of the telephone - Wikipedia

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    11 February 1876: Elisha Gray invents a liquid transmitter for use with a telephone, but he did not make one. 14 February 1876 about 9:30 am: Gray or his lawyer brings Gray's patent caveat for the telephone to the Washington, D.C. Patent Office (a caveat was a notice of intention to file a patent application.

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    As fintech boomed, so did Plaid, announcing a staggering $5.3 billion merger with Visa in early 2020. ... He immediately halted all the agency’s work, including any enforcement of its rules ...

  8. Design Line telephone - Wikipedia

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    The series was called the Design Line telephones. The name did not refer to one particular telephone type; rather Design Line was the collective name given to all the specialty phones, including the Candlestick phone, Country Junction phone, Mickey Mouse phone and others. [1] The phones were among the few that could be purchased in the early 1970s.

  9. Renée Zellweger stopped acting for years because she was ...

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    Renée Zellweger took a step back from acting for a six-year stretch in the 2010s, and she's opening up about the reason for her hiatus.. The Oscar-winning "Bridget Jones's Diary" actress, 55 ...