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BL
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| Record Number
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1047720
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b802090
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| Main Entry
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Murphy, John,1968-
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| Title & Author
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The telephone : : wiring America /\ John Murphy.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Chelsea House Publishers,, ©2009.
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| Series Statement
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Building America : then and now
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| Page. NO
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136 pages :: illustrations (some color) ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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1604130687
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: 9781604130683
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-128) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: A worldwide web -- The dawn of telecommunications -- Bell's harmonic telegraph -- A neck-and-neck race -- A cloud of suspicion -- Selling the telephone -- Building a national network -- A nationwide competition -- An age of innovation -- The industry transformed.
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| Abstract
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Describes why and how the telephone was invented, how the telephone system was developed, and how the telephone has been physically improved since its invention.
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| Subject
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Telecommunication-- United States.
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Telephone-- United States.
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Telecommunication-- United States.
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Telecommunication.
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Telephone.
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Telephone.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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384.60973
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| LC Classification
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HE8815.M87 2009
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| NLM classification
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TN916-09clc
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