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1870
109 Court St, Boston (Charles Williams Jr.'s shop)
1873
Western Union contracts with Thomas Edison and Elisha Gray to solve telegraph m…
1875
Alexander Graham Bell realizes that sound can be transmitted as a continuous el…
event
1876
First Ericsson logo
event
1877
Bell's stock certificate in the new company
event
1877
Berliner develops improved telephone transmitter (microphone)
event
1877
Bell and Watson stage public exhibitions of the telephone
event
1877
First telephone central office
event
1877
Sanders' original Bell stock certificate
event
1877
Swedish telephone
1877
Bell telephone roadshow
1877
George Coy / Connecticut District Tel.
1879
Bell Telephone Co. becomes National Bell Telephone
event
1879
Western Union building
event
1879
Bell acquires Edison's carbon button amplifier microphone patents from Western …
event
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