THE TELEPHONE.
The telephone is spreading all over Europe. In Germany it is now a part of the post-office system. It is in more general use in that country than in the United States, because nothing is paid to the patentee, whereas here every telephone pays an annual charge of $50. If the tax were not so high it would be more generally employed. The English Post-office Department has adopted the bell telephone aa a part of its telegraph system. In a recent telephonic experiment in connection with.the cable, 21f miles long, between Dover and Calais, there was not tha slightest failure during a period of two hours. Though three other wires were busy at the same time, every word was heard through the telephone, and individual voices were distinguished.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2816, 22 February 1878, Page 3
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130THE TELEPHONE. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2816, 22 February 1878, Page 3
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