Telephone Sentence Examples

The voice on the telephone became urgent.

A ringing telephone interrupted us.

He strode to his office and picked up the telephone receiver of the land line.

Alex was finishing supper with his family when the telephone rang in his office.

Unless there was a pending crisis of major proportions, telephone messages remained unanswered and promises unfulfilled.

Yancey lifted the telephone from her hand.

She gave them her sister's address and telephone number and promised to keep in touch.

Still, if that were the case, she need not have brought up the telephone call at the table.

It was bits and pieces of a telephone conversation with a mystery person.

They had just finished the meal when the telephone rang, but not with news of Martha.

Ten minutes later I heard a telephone ringing downstairs.

Cynthia looped the coils of the telephone cord around her finger.

They gave me a special telephone where the calls come in.

I'll stick around here and telephone Howie.

Paul made this telephone message—for when we weren't home.

The fellow worker promised to dig around and telephone back.

Saturday ended with one success in four tries, and a sizeable telephone bill.

They had given Martha a telephone card and asked she contact them as soon and as often as she could.

One evening, when Tammy was in bed and the three of them were relaxing in the family room, the telephone rang.

The moment was so tense that, when the telephone rang, they both jumped.

A wild-eyed, crazed techno-optimist of the nineteenth century concluded that in fifty years there would be a telephone in every town in America.

Giddon was obviously watching her, so calling on her telephone might be tipping her hand.

He so busied himself with his silly telephone trick to call away the mother he didn't notice someone who must have been watching.

Impatience prompted me to telephone Ethel Reagan before the allotted hour was up.

The telephone drowned out his response, and Lisa darted to her room.

We would, as Betsy suggested, telephone the tip on our way back to New York.

He hadn't discouraged the short telephone calls with Connie on his phone.

Once my telephone ordeal was over, everything was out of our hands.

Unfortunately, you were far more careless calling your tip line and a telephone code was noted and remembered by the operator.

He should have no trouble figuring out where he lived, worked or what his telephone number was.

It was like Connie to spend as little time on the telephone as possible.

Howie doesn't want you to simply telephone Willard Humphries; he wants you to go down there and look him in the eye when you ask him.

Several times the telephone rang and he hurried to answer it as if he were expecting a call.

Not according to his comments on the telephone.

I could call ahead for a camp site; I know the telephone area code and prefix.

I took time before retiring for the day to telephone Martha with the good news Julie's break in was a false alarm.

It was the sound I hated more on a telephone that Henri Mancini's version of Theme from Moon Glow or any other top one hundred hits of elevator music was, 'would you please hold'?

The telephone lines between New Jersey and Colorado continued to burn about the confirmed August wedding date.

But as many times as David Dean considered picking up the telephone, it remained snuggled in its cradle unless Cynthia was answering it.

After the telephone call tonight, he wasn't so sure money was an asset.

Several nights later the telephone rang and Carmen answered it.

Dean had no more than hung up from yet another unsuccessful telephone try when the phone rang.

He could picture her sitting there, listening to the ringing telephone, but not wanting to answer it.

Carmen had only taken a few bites before the telephone rang – a reminder that her cell phone was in her room.

At the receiving station a telephone receiver was placed in series with another insulated battery, the negative terminal of which was to be in connexion with the earth.

He discovered a fact subsequently rediscovered by others, that a tube of metallic filings, loosely packed, was sensitive to electric sparks made in its vicinity, its electrical resistance being reduced, and he was able to detect effects on such a tube connected to a battery and telephone at a distance of 500 yds.'

In this manner it was possible to hear a Morse code dash or dot in the telephone.

In its course it passes through a glass tube wound over with two coils of wire; one of these is an oscillation coil through which the oscillations to be detected pass, and the other is in connexion with a telephone.

When the oscillations pass through the coil they annul the hysteresis and cause a change of magnetism within the coil connected to the telephone.

This creates a short sound in the telephone.

Hence according as the trains of oscillations are long or short so is the sound heard in the telephone, and these sounds can be arranged on the Morse code into alphabetic audible signals.

Lisa dropped her pad and pencil on the couch and crossed the room, wondering who might be calling her on his telephone and why Yancey was screening her calls.

Apparently his mood had been inspired by the telephone call she made to Connie a few nights ago.

If she could get to her telephone, she could call someone for help.

The voice on the telephone had belonged to a middle-aged woman dressed modestly in a dark suit.

Wireless Internet was not available at the cabin and our computer had no means for a telephone hook-up.

Martha would talk to Quinn... to grease the skids... as she put it, and have him telephone me the following evening.

After a brief discussion we decided to telephone first and leave the visit option on the table, at least for now.

He heard the operator's voice on the telephone.

The third room was for Howie who was busy on the telephone when four of us arrived.

He picked up the telephone.

A quick telephone call to Jake Weller produced no further word on whether or not Fitzgerald had reported as summoned to Denver.

Fred O'Connor and David Dean kept close tabs on the New Jersey nuptials via telephone.

They could have said that much over the telephone.

She provided the requested information, explained that she was going to assist him and then put the telephone on the floor, still open.

Bells started going off in Dean's mind at the same time bells started ringing in the hall telephone.

Then, as if explaining her long distance telephone expenditure added, "She got a free phone card for listening to a time share pitch."

But he's going to miss the telephone and television -- and that tiny bedroom upstairs isn't exactly the Hotel Hilton.

The telephone rang and she dropped the hoe, racing for the house.

Carmen made it to the telephone on the sixth ring, gasping for breath as she picked up the receiver.

The dogs were distracted momentarily by the sound of the telephone, but when it stopped ringing, they advanced further.

Later she received a telephone call from the Norfolk Police Department, but it only confirmed what Officer McCarthy had already told her.

Dean had already over­stayed his visit, so with promises to return if he had any more questions and to keep in telephone contact, he took his leave, shaking Cynthia Byrne's hand and waving to Janice Riley, who was again on the phone.

It was then found that when electric waves fell on the antenna a sound was heard in the telephone as each wave train passed over it, so that if the wave trains endured for a longer or shorter time the sound in the telephone was of corresponding duration.

At the receiving end are a similar antenna and resonant circuit, and a telephone is connected across one part of the latter through an automatic interrupting device called by Poulsen a " ticker."

For telephone interceptions, small numbers of warrants are served on experienced officers within communications companies.

Back in 2002, you may recall, the BBC commissioned a telephone poll of viewers to find the greatest Briton of all time.

Unfortunately, live telephone support can get pricey in a hurry.

Secret Of Success - this premium rate telephone service has proved fantastically profitable for one important reason.

The deal, reported on Sky News, is among the first major agreements in the UK to transmit television programming over telephone lines.

The Telephone Company, Limited, was formed to acquire Bell's patent.

The Edison Company announced its intention to start telephone business in London, and the Postmaster-General instituted proceedings against the company for infringement of his monopoly rights under the Telegraph Act 1869.

A select committee of the House of Commons (with Mr Arnold Morley, Postmaster-General, as chairman) was appointed " to consider and report whether the provision now made for the telephone service in local areas is adequate, and whether it is expedient to supplement or improve this provision either by the granting of licences to local authorities or otherwise."

A select committee was appointed with Mr Hanbury as chairman to consider " whether the telephone service is calculated to become of such general benefit as to justify its being undertaken by municipal and other local authorities, and if so under what conditions."

The committee reported (9th August) that the telephone service was not likely to become of general benefit " so long as the present practical monopoly in the hands of a private company shall continue."

The Association of Municipal Corporations passed resolutions on the 28th of April that " the subject of telephonic supply should be treated as an imperial and not as a local one, and that the Postmaster General should have the sole control of the telephone system," and " that in the event of the Postmaster-General not taking over the telephone service it should be competent for municipal and other local authorities to undertake such services within areas composed of their own districts or combination of such districts."

She stared out the windows at the telephone poles as they approached and sped off in a blur.

The delayed conversation indicated he was talking on the telephone.

And yet, Yancey had mentioned cocaine in his telephone conversation.

I questioned the newspaper woman in Boston, by telephone, in hopes of enticing her to meet with me under the guise of my writing a magazine article.

He picked up the telephone and handed it to her.

There was nothing they could say or do about Martha's situation except to keep their telephone nearby and pray for the best.

They had not seen her since their wedding but Cynthia spoke to her by telephone frequently and the two were as close as the distance allowed.

When she told them the valuable stuff I had, they asked for my telephone number.

A sharp ring from the hall telephone interrupted him.

At first he feared it was a telephone until its uninterrupted sound told him otherwise.

She rose, and to Dean's surprise, went to the hall telephone.

I don't mean to be disrespectful, ma'am, but when we spoke on the telephone, I offered you the letters and the clothing.

Dean picked up the telephone and called Sheriff Weller.

Dean was wondering about her answer, as the telephone rang.

Crumpled in the waste paper basket was a small piece of white paper with a telephone number.

What in hell would Jerome Shipton be doing with Janet's telephone number?

He then asked if he might use her telephone with his phone card.

Then he asked, "Did you get to telephone 'the lovely Queen Sinthee?'"

Dean brought Fred up to date on not only the telephone call to his wife, but his meeting with Weller and his speculation that Cynthia might have seen Donnie Ryland near the accident scene.

It was never clear if that was the case and the kid lucked out, but Dean used the excuse of mock consternation to excuse himself and walk uptown to telephone Cynthia.

Before he could answer, the bedside telephone shrilled, its shocking ring penetrating the late night stillness.

The telephone in faraway Indiana rang, first in their agreed sequence, then twenty times before Dean gave up and turned out the light.

Once in his bedroom, he closed the door and again tried to telephone Cynthia.

Dean had tried to telephone Cynthia once more with no luck.

I don't have anything against a telephone.

Mayer's telephone rang and he excused himself to answer it, leaving Dean at Jeffrey Byrne's grey steel desk.

Although Ethel and Fred had never met, that didn't stop them from developing a strong mutual dislike, fueled via telephone mes­sages and third-party comments.

The unearthly shrill of the telephone shattered the scene, once, twice, three times before Dean clawed at the instrument and grumbled something.

Three more telephone calls to Cece Baldwin were as unsuc­cessful as the first and Dean spent the rest of the evening poring over the Byrne file.

It listed apartments, furnished or unfur­nished and a telephone number, just in case someone should hap­pen by.

Fred motioned to the telephone across the room.

Cleary had contacted her by telephone, saying he was looking for a furnished apartment to use when he traveled to the city.

The original telephone call had come on April sixth.

Randy had been told before school about the telephone call from Norfolk and she had dismissed his offer to fly down with her.

She asked for a few minutes to call Randy first and Dean took the time to telephone Fred, filling him in on the latest happen­ings.

He munched on a leftover casserole some thoughtful neighbor had donated to poor hero Fred and was about to doze when the telephone startled Mrs. Lincoln from his lap.

Fred said nothing and Dean finally dropped the bombshell—Chip Burgess's telephone identi­fication of Cleary-Byrne.

Mrs. Glass's number was on the telephone pad.

Just telephone stuff— nothing public unless there's proof.

I still hate it when the telephone rings.

Before Dean finished hanging up his coat, pouring a cup of over-brewed coffee and settling in his chair, Rita Angeltoni dropped a pile of telephone messages on his desk.

Dean planned to telephone Fred directly from Willoughby's to make absolutely sure no inquisitive eavesdropper could arrive at the bar before he was securely in place.

The morning dragged into lunchtime and Dean remained at Randy's urging, in hopes that Cynthia would telephone.

Before Dean could reply, the telephone rang for the third time, with a shrillness that startled them both.

After a few seconds he handed the detective the telephone.

I am out of town but I will telephone you when I return on Sunday.

They tried a couple of times to telephone Mrs. Porter back in Parkside but weren't able to get through.

Much as Dean wanted to telephone Cynthia Byrne, he knew it wasn't appropriate—suicide was a better word.

He could see the biker clearly now, six or seven telephone poles ahead.

He located a public telephone and, with a pocketful of coins, he commenced dialing.

Have you ever left your telephone behind – or off when he needed to reach you?

To her, a telephone was a necessity, not a convenience.

Still, the telephone conversation was obviously private.

She reached for the telephone on her hip, but it was gone.

As she neared the back door, she heard the telephone ringing.

In that instant the telephone rang.

The telephone rang and she opened her eyes.

The line clicked, but she stood there holding the telephone.

Ten O'clock found her hanging over the telephone, her cell phone on her hip.

Breakfast was interrupted by the telephone, and Alex went to answer it.

Next time we decide to spend some time alone, I'm going to bury your telephone.

As she stepped inside, the telephone was ringing.

She pointed to the destroyed telephone.

Felipa looked back and forth at the telephone and Carmen, obviously at a loss for words.

The telephone rang twice before a familiar voice answered.

The receiving arrangements comprised also an open or antenna circuit connected directly with a closed condenser-inductance circuit, but in place of the spark gap in the transmitter an electrolytic receiver was inserted, having in connexion with it as indicator a voltaic cell and telephone.

To send signals the continuous or nearly continuous train of waves must be cut up into Morse signals by a key, and these are then heard as audible signals in the telephone.

Telephony is the art of reproducing sounds at a distance from their source, and a telephone is the instrument employed in sending or receiving such sounds.

Another and somewhat similar example is furnished by what has been variously designated as the " string," toy," " lovers," and " mechanical " telephone.

Experiments bearing on this subject were subsequently made by a great number of investigators.4 Page's discovery is of considerable importance in connexion with the theory of action of various forms of telephone, and was a very important feature in the early attempts by Reis to transit music and speech.

In Reis's lecture an apparatus was described which has given rise to much discussion as to priority in the invention of the telephone.

The instrument was described in over fifty publications 6 in various countries, and was well known to physicists previous to Bell's introduction of the electric telephone as a competitor with the electric telegraph.

The Bell telephone patents expired.

A mobile telephone style MoODS would be carried in a pocket and only interrogated when the user thought they required assistance.

These have taken the form of face to face meetings and telephone interviews.

That's right, the Duo has an RJ-45 jack for the integrated NT-1 ISDN U interface, plus an RJ-11 telephone jack.

Over by the telephone boxes, shivering slightly in their torn jeans, the rent boys were gathering.

The buttons marked P and T are used to provide the facilities of 10 telephone number storage and repeat last manually keyed number.

You will see a telephone kiosk on the opposite side of the road.

April 2005 26/04/05 New telephone hotline launched A new one-stop service to make booking a golfing holiday in St Andrews easier was launched today.

This is a severe limitation to the use of telephone lines for transmitting data between computer systems.

The Internet may also be accessed via other means, for example over a telephone line via the OUCS Dial-up Service.

All rooms include satellite TV, tea/coffee making facilities, hairdryer and direct dial telephone.

Influencing and persuading skills and a good telephone manner.

AutoAlert has conducted extensive testing across all the main networks and across a number of different telephone handset manufacturers.

Basic website support, average E-Mail responses and a national rate telephone number helped MI seem somewhat mediocre.

Thus QAM (phase-amplitude modulation) still remains the most widely used method on ordinary telephone lines.

Our comfortable rooms have private facilities and they also have a nightstand, several chairs, direct dial telephone and a trouser press.

There would be more noughts on the end of a successful libel award than there are in the Sri Lankan telephone directory.

For ordering details please see telephone contact numbers at the bottom.

The telephone and fax numbers are as previously advised.

Please note it is not possible to apply for a replacement parchment or make payment via the telephone or e-mail.

By 1907 altogether 59 local authorities had examined the proposition of establishing telephone systems after 1899, and licences were granted to local authorities at Brighton, Belfast, Chard, Glasgow, Grantham, Huddersfield, Hull, Portsmouth, Swansea, Tunbridge Wells, Oldham, Scarborough and Hartle - pool, but only six municipalities proceeded with the business.

Differences not only in the size of towns, but in the arrangement and char - acter of the population, make each district a telephone problem b3, itself, and nullify close comparisons between telephone rates and telephone efficiencies in different areas and different countries.

Telephone subscribers may telephone ordinary messages to any post office which may be reached through the local exchange system, or by means of the trunk wires, in order that the messages may be written down and forwarded as telegrams or express letters or ordinary letters.

Cajamarca is an important commercial and manufacturing town, being the distributing centre for a large inland region, and having long-established manufactures of woollen and linen goods, and of metal work, leather, etc. It is the seat of one of the seven superior courts of the republic, and is connected with the coast by telegraph and telephone.

At once the r1-inch howitzers, assisted by telephone from 203-Metre, opened upon the Russian ships; a few days later these were wholly hors de combat, and at the capitulation only a few destroyers were in a condition to escape.

The importance of the Exchange as a bargaining centre is fairly maintained, though buyers are assiduously cultivated in their own offices, and the telephone has done a good deal to abbreviate n.`egotiation.

The city was one of the first in the country to build a municipal subway for electric light, telephone and telegraph wires.

The employment of children under fourteen years of age in any factory, workshop, mercantile establishment, store, business office, telegraph or telephone office, restaurant, hotel, apartment house, club, theatre, bootblack stand, or in the distribution or transmission of merchandise or messages is forbidden, except that a child between twelve and fourteen years of age may with the permission of the judge of the juvenile court be employed at an occupation not dangerous or injurious to his health or morals if necessary for his support or for the assistance of a disabled, ill or invalid parent, a younger brother or sister, or a widowed mother.

Revenue for state, county and municipal purposes is derived principally from taxes on real estate, tangible personal property, incomes in excess of $1000, wills and administrations, deeds, seals, lawsuits, banks, trust and security companies, insurance companies, express companies, railway and canal corporations, sleeping-car, parlour-car and dining-car companies, telegraph and telephone companies, franchise taxes, poll taxes, an inheritance tax and taxes on various business and professional licences.

In the evening the telephone is answered by an experienced registered general nurse who can give advice where it is appropriate.

If so, make sure that they confirm it in writing do not rely upon a simple verbal statement over the telephone.

Rescinded in february at t's telephone can you handle he likes to.

Telephone reservations will be held for ONE WEEK pending receipt of your deposit and booking form.

Check-in - Customers have access to a wide range of check-in options; on-line check-in, telephone check-in, lounge check-in, self-service check-in.

The methodology consisted of a telephone survey of a random sample of 300 Lead signatories or Countersignatories in Registered Bodies and Umbrella Bodies.

Instead of sending e-mail, children can talk on the telephone or socialize with friends in person.

Suppose that somebody gives you a telephone number, and you want to try and remember it.

Local written SOPs must be in place for dealing with telephone requests.

A spokeswoman for admission service Ucas has confirmed that telephone lines and internet services were affected by a power cut earlier today.

Before she has a chance to escape she is strangled with telephone cord, an identical crescent moon pendant left in her hand.

You will be given a verification reference number for each set of subcontractors verified in the same telephone call or internet session.

If symptoms do not subside following our telephone advice we can arrange for you to come in and see a doctor.

Contact Us Referring veterinary surgeons should contact the Equine Referral Hospital by telephone on 0117 928 9621.

There is a swipe card access door, with a telephone for visitors.

As in the telephone telepathy tests, there was an expectation of 25% success by chance.

Telephone with voicemail, Internet access and satellite TV are standard; use of the sauna is also included.

The Logitech Cordless Internet Handset makes using Skype on the PC as easy as using a typical cordless telephone.

A telephone helpline will be available to answer any of their questions.

You may wish to visit, write, or make a telephone call to someone from your past.

They can be found in telephone directories or by contacting the Radon Council.

By telephone +44 (0) 20 7222 1061 during opening hours.

Passing that telephone booth every time, I would just hang around.

Cordless telephony system The object of cordless telephony is to provide an on-site telephone service to users of radio connected handsets.

If the pros by telephone until cards were horrible televising any round-robin.

No doors opening, no lights coming on, no thud of footsteps toward a telephone.

The team receive tip-offs from local residents who can report anonymously using a free phone telephone number, e-mail and text address.

You will also need a touch-tone telephone in order to operate your account over the phone.

With touch-tone keypad, follow the voice prompts and enter your payments and card details via your telephone keypad.

The backup system allows an operator to remotely control a VHF or other band transceiver over the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).

Prayer triplets function all over the country with a telephone prayer network for urgent requests.

This alone can home and compete tv vcr and telephone changing and we.

Some of the most powerful material is in Gator 's own voice-over, via telephone from prison.

The only prize you'll likely get is a whacking great telephone bill !

And we were dying to see a wireless telephone work....

Most accredit the invention of the telephone to Alexander Graham Bell.

Also, include the telephone number of a friend or relative living outside of the emergency area.

I also provide parents personalized assistance making the decision via one-on-one telephone consult.

Some monitors allow you to add a monitor signaler, which can be hooked up to a doorbell or telephone and feature a flashing light or a vibrating pager to notify the hearing impaired when the phone or the doorbell rings.

Beware of toys being advertised through e-mail, direct mail or telephone solicitation.

The next step is to look in your local telephone book or begin looking in a search engine for electronics stores that are located in your area.

Perhaps you've seen a similar sign nailed to a telephone pole or posted on the pet supply store bulletin board, "Free Kittens to Good Home".

Call up the veterinarian's office midweek and ask to introduce yourself on the telephone or in person.

While you wait, notice her telephone skills and demeanor.

Debt collectors are allowed to make contact in person, by mail, by telephone and by fax about the debts owed.

Anyone with a telephone can call you and offer you an unbelievable deal on steak knives or magazines, or claim to be associated with the local sheriff's organization.

That's why if there are any discrepancies, TransUnion is glad to help you either by mail, telephone, or through their website.

In order to apply, you must live in the United States and be of legal age in your state of residency; own a telephone in your residence; and have a valid Social Security number.

Dean shuffled through the remaining telephone messages, recognizing most as unfinished business from pending investiga­tions, but one caught his eye.

Maybe he would throw it away, but if he had second thoughts, at least he had her telephone number now.

The city is generously provided with all the modern public services, including two street car lines, local and long distance telephone lines, electric power and light, and waterworks.

Although formerly in very extensive employment, this instrument is dropping out of use and the " sounder " (and in many cases the telephone) is being used in its place.

At the receiving end there are two telephone receivers, one joined in the loop circuit, the other in the earth return circuit.

The signals must therefore be sent at regular intervals, and to ensure this being done correctly a telephone or time-tapper is provided at each keyboard to warn the operator of the correct moment to depress his keys.

A further cause has been competition offered by the telephone service, but against this the Post Office has received royalties from telephone companies and revenue from trunk telephone lines.

If the current is interrupted or alternating, and if a telephone receiver has its terminals connected to a separate metallic circuit joined by earth plates at two other places to the earth, not on the same equipotential surface of the first circuit, sounds will be heard in the telephone due to a current passing through it.

Hence, by inserting a break-and-make key in the circuit of the battery, coil or dynamo, the uniform noise or hum in the telephone can be cut up into periods of long and short noises, which can be made to yield the signals of the Morse alphabet.

Canal system of flow lines of current through the sea, and these might be detected by any other ships furnished with two plates dipping into the sea at stem and stern, and connected by a wire having a telephone in its circuit, provided that the two plates were not placed on the same equipotential surface of the original current flow lines.

Willoughby Smith found that it was not necessary even to connect the telephone to a secondary circuit, but that it would be affected and give out sounds merely by being held in the variable magnetic field of a primary circuit.

By the use of a key in the battery circuit as well as an interrupter or current reverser, signals can be given by breaking up the continuous hum in the telephone into long and short periods.

An interrupted current having a frequency of about 400 was used in the primary circuit, and a telephone was employed as a receiver in the secondary circuit.

A similar installation of inductive telephony, in which telephone currents in one line were made to create others in a nearly parallel and distant line, was established in 1899 between Rathlin Island on the north coast of Ireland and the mainland.

He proposed to employ two large flat coils of wire laid horizontally, on the ground, that on the mainland having in circuit a battery, interrupter and key, and that on the island a telephone.

On one or more of the carriages of the trains were placed also insulated metallic sheets, which were in connexion through a telephone and the secondary circuit of an induction coil with the earth or rails.

The telephone used was Edison's chalk cylinder or electromotograph type of telephone.

Thus, in the case of one station and one moving railway carriage, there is a circuit consisting partly of the earth, partly of the ordinary telegraph wires at the side of the track, and partly of the circuits of the telephone receiver at one place and the secondary of the induction coil at the other, two air gaps existing in this circuit.

The signals were sent by cutting up the continuous hum in the telephone into long and short periods in accordance with the Morse code by manipulating the key in the primary circuit.

One of these was to be connected to the earth through a telephone receiver, and the other through the secondary circuit of an induction coil in the primary circuit of which was a key.

In circuit with this battery was placed the secondary circuit of an induction coil, the primary circuit of which contained a telephone transmitter or microphone interrupter.

The quality of the sounds was to some extent also reproduced; but, judging from the results of later telephone investigation, it is highly probable that this was due, not to the varying duration, but to the varying firmness of the contact.

The next worker at the telephone, and the one to whom the present great commercial importance of the instrument is due, Bell's re- was Bell.

A telephone transmitter and a receiver on a novel plan were patented in July 1877 by Edison, shortly after the introduction of Bell's instruments.

Dolbear, 2 the effects were produced by electrostatic instead of electromagnetic forces, as in con- the Bell telephone.

Varley, who proposed to make use of it in a telegraphic receiving instrument.4 In Dolbear's instrument one plate of a condenser was a flexible diaphragm, connected with the telephone line in such a way that the varying electric potential produced by the action of the transmitting telephone caused an increased or diminished charge in the condenser.

Hughes, while engaged in experiments upon a Bell telephone in an electric circuit, discovered that a peculiar noise was produced whenever two hard electrodes, such as two wires, were - drawn across each other, or were made to touch each other with a variable degree of firmness.

Acting upon this discovery, he constructed an instrument which he called a " microphone," 6 and which consisted essentially of two hard carbon electrodes placed in contact, with a current passing through the point of contact and a telephone included in the same circuit.

The line of circuit passed through the secondary of the induction coil I to the line, from that to the telephone T at the receiving station, 'See Journal of the Telegraph, New York, April 1877; Philadelphia Times, 9th July 1877; and Scientific American, August 181 This term was used by Wheatstone in 1827 for an acoustic apparatus intended to convert very feeble into audible sounds; see his Scientific Papers, p. 32.

The employment of the telephone as one of the great means of communication requires a definite organization of the subscribers.

The territory in which a telephone administration operates is usually divided into a number of local areas, in each of which one or more exchanges are placed.

The method first employed for working a telephone line was extremely simple.

A single line of wire, like an ordinary telegraph line, had a Bell telephone included in it at each end, and the ends were put to earth.

Words spoken to the telephone at one end could be heard by holding the telephone to the ear at the other.

To obviate the inconvenience of placing the telephone to the mouth and the ear alternately, two telephones were commonly used at each end, joined either parallel to each other or in series.

The telephone was switched out of circuit when not in use and the bell put in its place, a key being used for throwing the battery into circuit to make the signal.

This arrangement is still employed, a hook being attached to the switch lever so that the mere hanging up of the telephone puts the bell in circuit.

In the earliest telephone switchboards the lines were connected to vertical conducting strips, across which were placed a series of similar horizontal strips in such a manner that any horizontal could be connected to any line strip by the insertion of a plug into holes provided in the strips for the purpose.

Each telephone set was equipped with a special key or switch by means of which the telephone could be transferred from an exclusive line to the call-wire at will.

The other supervisory lamp on the cord circuit is controlled in a similar manner by the subscriber who originated the call, and as that subscriber's telephone is off the hook when the peg is inserted, the lamp is not lighted at all until the subscriber replaces the receiver.

In one arrangement, now in extensive use, each telephone set is fitted with a relay of high inductance which is bridged across the circuit in series with a condenser.

The movements of the shaft are controlled by relays and electro-magnets which operate in response to the action of the subscriber whose telephone is fitted with a 'calling mechanism which, when the subscriber calls, earths the line a certain number of times for each figure in the number of the wanted subscriber.

In large towns telephone distribution by means of open wires is practically impossible, and the employment of cables either laid in the ground or suspended from poles or other overhead supports is necessary.

Speech has been habitually transmitted for business purposes over a distance of 1542.3 m., viz., over the lines of the American Telegraph and Telephone Company from Omaha to Boston.

As no practical process of telephone relaying has been devised, it is extremely important that the character of the line should be such as to favour the preservation of the strength and form of the telephone current.

Oliver Heaviside showed mathematically that uniformly-distributed inductance in a telephone line would diminish both attenuation and distortion, and that if the inductance were great enough and the insulation resistance not too high the circuit would be distortionless, while currents of all frequencies would be equally attenuated.

Graham Bell's telephone patent was granted for the United Kingdom.

Edison's telephone patent was granted for the United Kingdom.

The Edison Telephone Company of London was formed.

The two companies amalgamated as the United Telephone Company Ltd.

The United Telephone Company again applied unsuccessfully for right to lay wires underground.

After the withdrawal of the restriction against the companies erecting trunk wires it became evident that the development of the telephone services throughout the country would be facilitated by complete intercommunication and uniformity of systems, and that economies could be effected by concentration of management.

The various companies therefore amalgamated as the National Telephone Company.

The National Telephone Company applied to the London County Council for permission to lay wires underground and continued efforts till 1899 to obtain this power, but without success.

The duke of Marlborough, in the name of the New Telephone Company, inaugurated a campaign for cheaper telephone services, but the New Telephone Company was subsequently merged in the National Telephone Company.

The National Telephone Company again applied to parliament for powers to lay wires underground; public discontent with inadequate telephone services was expressed, and at the same time the competition of the telephone with the Post Office telegraph became more manifest.

The National Telephone Company again applied to parliament for power to lay wires underground, but was refused.

The draft agreement between the government and the National Telephone Company to carry out the policy of 1892 was submitted to parliament and led to much discussion.

The corporation of Glasgow having persisted in its efforts to obtain a licence, the Treasury appointed Sheriff Andrew Jameson (afterwards Lord Ardwall) a special commissioner to hold a local inquiry in Glasgow to report whether the telephone service in that city was adequate and efficient and whether it was expedient to grant the corporation a licence.

The licence of the National Telephone Company was extended so as to be co-extensive with that of a competitive licence for any locality on condition that the company should afford intercommunication with the telephone systems of the new licensees.

The Telegraph Act 1899, while providing for intercommunication between the telephone systems of the local authorities and the company, did not give the Post Office the right to demand intercommunication between its exchanges and those of the company.

The Tunbridge Wells and Swansea municipal undertakings were subsequently sold to the National Telephone Company, and the Glasgow and Brighton undertakings to the Post Office.

Hull and Portsmouth were the only municipal telephone systems working in 1907.

The effect of the unsettled policy of the Post Office until 1905 and of the difficulties created by the local authorities was that the National Telephone Company was never able to do its best to develop the enterprise on the most efficient lines.

In 1885 there were only 3800 telephone subscribers in London and less than io,000 in the rest of the United Kingdom, and telephonic services were available in only about 75 towns, while in the same year the American Bell Telephone Company had over 134,000 subscribers.

Large as this progress was it would have been much greater if the Telephone Company had been granted adequate powers to put wires underground and thus instal a complete metallic circuit in place of the single wire, earthreturn, circuit which it was constrained to employ.

In 1906 there were 30,551, equal to 7.2 per cent., more telephone stations in the United Kingdom than in the ten European countries of Austria, Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, Holland, Italy; Norway, Portugal, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland, having a combined population of 288 millions as against a population of 42 millions in the United Kingdom.

The only European country which can be compared with the United Kingdom in telephone development is Germany.

The original method of charging adopted in Great Britain took the telephone instrument as the unit, charging a fixed annual rental independent of the amount of use to which the instrument was put.

The study of telephone economics showed that the proper basis for charging was the " message-mile," on the theory that the user should pay according to the facilities offered and the extent to which he made use of them.

For instance, in the county of London, the telephone tariff is £5 per annum plus id.

For subscribers who desire the telephone for occasional use, the party-line system has been devised, whereby several telephones are connected to one line leading to the exchange.

The fee charged for the use of public telephone call offices is 2d.

Subscribers to exchanges may also make arrangements to have all telegrams (except Press telegrams) ad - dressed to them delivered by telephone instead of messenger.

Telephone subscribers may also obtain the services of an express messenger by telephoning to the nearest post office connected with the exchange.

At the time of the formation of the various telephone companies the enterprises were regarded as speculative, and much of the capital was raised at a discount.

After the consolidation of the companies in1889-1890the profits declined, patent rights had expired, material reductions were made in the rates for telephone services, and considerable replacements of plant became necessary, the cost of which was charged to revenue.

By this agreement the Postmaster-General agreed to purchase all plant, land and buildings of the National Telephone Company in use at the date of the agreement or constructed after that date in accordance with the specification and rules contained in the agreement, subject to the right of the Postmaster-General to object to take over any plant not suited to his requirements.

Inasmuch as the debenture stocks and preference shares would have to be redeemed in 1911 at premiums ranging from 3 to 5 per cent., the state would have to pay the company £253,000 in excess of the total of the outstanding securities in order to enable the ordinary shares to receive par, and in the council's view this payment would diminish the p robability of the Post Office being able to afford a substantial reduction in the telephone charges.

The years' working of the whole telephone system of the Post Office showed a balance of £451,787 after payment of the working expenses, while the estimated amount required to provide for depreciation of plant and interest at 3 per cent.

The length of underground pipes which had been laid in the metropolitan area for telephone purposes was 2030 m.

The average cost of constructing an exchange circuit in the metropolitan area (including the installation of telephone instruments and of exchange apparatus, but excluding the provision of spare plant) has been £33.

The Anglo-French telephone service, which was opened between London and Paris in April 1891, was extended to the principal towns in England and France on the 11th of April 1904.

The service has since been extended to certain other English provincial towns; and the Anglo-Belgian telephone service has similarly been extended.