tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081346.post7954378668878359998..comments2023-08-07T17:21:41.851+10:00Comments on Anything Goes: The Measles and the TelephoneDavid Havyatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10843396871891422509noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081346.post-39974658083556536172010-11-05T16:39:11.931+10:002010-11-05T16:39:11.931+10:00Stuart
Thanks for the comment. I am familiar wit...Stuart<br /><br />Thanks for the comment. I am familiar with the Strowger story which has much more prominence than the Parker story I quoted. While I referenced AT&T in the post the actual link was to John Brooks book "Telephone: The first hundred years" which includes the Strowger career but not the use of a dog collar as a cylinder.David Havyatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843396871891422509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081346.post-91985524023183560362010-11-05T10:37:38.121+10:002010-11-05T10:37:38.121+10:00HI David: For amusement value, you could have inlc...HI David: For amusement value, you could have inlcuded this: "Strowger's undertaking business was losing clients to a competitor whose telephone-operator wife was intercepting and redirecting everyone who called Strowger - he first conceived his invention in 1888, and patented the automatic telephone exchange in 1891. It is reported that he initially constructed a model of his invention Stuart Cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16489293281495123484noreply@blogger.com