On This Day in Telephone History April 28TH 1967
Bell Laboratories announced Development of a new “Light Knife” A device which allows surgeons to use the focused beam of a Laser as easily as they would a scalpel.
Bell Laboratories announced Development of a new “Light Knife” A device which allows surgeons to use the focused beam of a Laser as easily as they would a scalpel.
First Bell Solar Battery to Power Telephone Calls. The use of transistors and solar batteries in a rural telephone system were proven successful at the end of a five-month field test in Americus, Georgia. Bell Laboratories and the Southern Bell Company cooperated in the test that included the use of the bell solar battery to furnish electricity … Read more
Alexander Graham Bell Lectured at Skiff’s Opera House in New Haven, Connecticut. Bell demonstrated a three-way telephone connection with Hartford and Middletown, inspiring George W Coy to seek the Bell Telephone franchises for those counties. By January of 1878, Coy had built the First Commercial Telephone Exchange in the World.
First Telephone Exchange in Toronto Canada Opened. The Toronto Telephone Dispatch Co. lasted only two years before it was bought out by the Bell Telephone Company Of Canada.
From National Day Calendar® NATIONAL TELEPHONE DAY On April 25th, we observe National Telephone Day. Around the world, there are 9.82 billion mobile phones. And while some predicted the landline to be obsolete by 2020, there are still about 931 million landlines around the world. Obtaining a Patent The correct answer to a trivia question … Read more
Bell Solar Battery Announced by Bell Telephone Laboratories. The Solar Battery Grew out of Attempts to make a Silicon Transistor. Something new under the sun – It’s the Bell Solar Battery, made of thin discs of specially treated Silicon, an ingredient of common sand. It converts the sun’s rays directly into usable amounts of electricity. Simple … Read more
The First Telephone Call Sent Around the World. The First Telephone Call Sent Around The World Occurred in The Long Lines Building at 32 Sixth Avenue In NYC. WS Gifford and TG Miller of AT&T took part in a Historic Phone Call. Speaking on the phone from offices just 50 Feet Apart, the Call was transmitted over a Telephone … Read more
Foreign trade between the Bell Telephone Company and London England for telephone equipment began. A tiny exchange, with ten wires, was promptly started in London and on April 24, 1879, Theodore Vail, the young manager of the Bell Company, sent an order to the factory in Boston, “Please make one hundred hand telephones for export … Read more
The Soviet Union launched its First Communications Satellite and carried out transmission of television programs. The Satellite was called MOLNIYA 1.
Bell System Exhibit at the New York World’s Fair Opened.