Primitive Telephone
A crude telephone, one thousand years old, has been found in the ruins of a palace in Peru. The unique ’phone consists of two gourds, one end of each covered with hide, and the two connected by a cord attached to the hide. This cord, when pulled taut, will carry the tones of the human voice, and it seems certain that some ingenious Peruvian had thus anticipated the modern telephone at a time when the world knew nothing about such an invention.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 18, 10 November 1948, Page 4
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84Primitive Telephone Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 18, 10 November 1948, Page 4
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