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69Jan BLR P3 Role of Research
Contributed by Chuck Hensley. The Roleof Research A tradition of imaginative research at Bell Laboratories has played a significant role in providing this nation with the world's best communication service and has made an impact on society far greater...
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62oct BLR P332 Industrial Designer Role Purpose
Contributed by Chuck Hensley. The Industrial DesignerHis Role and Purpose Henry Dreyfuss The industrial designer has frequently had a hand in the design of communication equipment. How does such a person operate? Henry Dreyfuss, noted industrial...
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62jun BLR p216 - Digital Computer Synthesizes Human Speech
Article includes a playable Bell Laboratories record in an issue of Bell Laboratories Record. Contributed by Paul Fassbender. Digital Computer Synthesizes Human Speech Two basic approaches to the production of syn The program had two parts. One...
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74Nov BLR P302 812A PBX - ocr
Bell Labs Record. OCRed and size reduced. Contributed by Chuck Hensley. Pushbutton convenience. Receptionist Joyce Burks operates the desk top console for the 812A PBX system installed at Bell Laboratories' Denver location. The console offers...
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53sep BLR P342 Trains Payphone
Bell Labs Record. Train coin collector. Contributed by Chuck Hensley. Coin Collector rf,elephone Equipment for Trains F. B. COMBS Transmission Systems Development Radio telephone service for trains has been available for the past six years. Originally,...
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65Apr BLR P114 Chester Outside Plant tci ocr CH
Contributed by Chuck Hensley. Reference Singing Wires, June 2016 . .. . Many of the da.y to day activities carried on at the Chester field laborator·y are a reflection of the basic needs of the telephone industry. 114 Bell Laboratories Record TCI...
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34jul BLR P322 - Early Handsets
Bell Labs Record. By H. A. FREDERICK, Transmission Instruments Director. Contributed by Chuck Hensley. Early Handsets By H. A. FREDERICK Transmission Instruments Director T HE first telephone, invented until later improvements had ren and patented by...
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73May BLR P158 TOUCH A MATIC 32 - Dialer Keyset 2872
Bell Labs Record. Touch a matic 32. Contributed by Chuck Hensley. TOUCH A MATIC® Set Uses Seiniconductor Meinory For Autoinatic Nuinber Dialing With the touch of a single button on the new TOUCH A MATIC® telephone, Bell System customers will soon be...
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TCI Library News Bulletin 1 - Left
HINT: A neat way to see articles on a topic in chronological order is to go to Search / Basic Search and enter a BLR subject query using a keyword or keywords describing a topic of interest. This is great for researching the evolution of products or...
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43-45 BLR - Crossbar Toll Reprint
71 pages, 15 articles from Bell Labs Record issues, vol. 22 23, November 1943 thru October 1945, related to Crossbar Switching, multi frequency pulsing and operator toll dialing. OCR by Clint Gilliland. Bookmarks by Paul Fassbender. TCI Library:...
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51Mar BLR P115 - W-R-J-M
WRJM Standardized letters for party lines with two and four party service. Adopted on Oct. 28, 1912. [JMRW] Bell Laboratories Record. Contributed by Chuck Hensley. W R J M On March 6, 1911, the Engineering Deparbnent of A T & T issued a circular (...
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71Feb BLR P61 Card Dialer ANSI Cards
Bell Labs Record. The dialer shown is probably a F 58555. (Single line version was F 58554.) Contributed by Chuck Hensley. Computer Cubisrns New "Credit Size" Cards And Card Dialer Telephones For Automatic Dialing A new plastic card, the News of size...
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66Jan BLR P24 CALL A MATIC
Call a matic Dialer. Bell Laboratories Record. Contributed by Chuck Hensley
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66Jan BLR P9 Trimline A Telephone Evolution
Bell Laboratories Record. Contributed by Chuck Hensley
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63Aug BLR P273 Trimline Ending Dial In Handset Trials
"Trimline II" field trial in Michigan. Bell Laboratories Record. Contributed by Chuck Hensley. New Dial in Handset Ending Field Trials A new telephone, its dial and almost all circuits transferred to the handset, is ending initial field trials in 200...
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58Aug BLR P308 New Station Apparatus Tests: Single Slot Payphone & Repertory Dialer
Dialer capacity is 50 thirteen digit numbers on dotched circular discs. Bell Laboratories Record. Contributed by Chuck Hensley. New Station Apparatus Being Field Tested H. F. Hopkins, Station Instrumentalities Engi neer, and was completed under the...
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49Jan BLR P43 Color 300 Series Sets
Bell Labs Record. Colored Telephone Sets. Announces resumed (after WWII) production of colored, molded plastic 300 type sets in ivory (first), followed by old rose, gray green, dark blue and Pekin red. Metallic colors to be applied in WE distributing...
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47oct BLR P375 81A Toner
Shown in transparent case. Bell Labs Record. Contributed by Chuck Hensley. ever, this adjustable feature was omitted, since it was preferable to locate any bias appearing, and to correct it at its source rather than to introduce compensating bias at...
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43nov BLR P115 - Steel Handset Parts
WWII. Bell Labs Record. Contributed by Chuck Hensley. polarity and strength of current to be register relays. The pulses are sent by sent over the two conductors simultane operation of the various keys, and the ously but independently. register relays...
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