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Philipp Reis: Inventor of the Telephone / A Biographical Sketch

Chapter 63: NOW COMPLETE. With nearly 1500 illustrations, in super-royal 8vo, in 5 Divisions, cloth. Divisions 1 to 4, 13s. 6d. each; Division 5, 17s. 6d.; or 2 vols., cloth, £3 10s. SPONS’ ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS, MANUFACTURES, AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS. Edited by C. G. WARNFORD LOCK, F.L.S.
By Silvanus P. Thompson
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A compact biography of Philipp Reis is paired with a careful assembly of contemporary documents and translations relating to his early telephone apparatus. The text presents personal and biographical material alongside original papers, eyewitness testimony, technical descriptions, illustrations, and contemporary publications, while appendices scrutinize the instrument's construction and the claims made for it. The author emphasizes primary evidence, offers explanatory commentary on operating principles, and sets out reasoned analysis of how the device functioned and was received by contemporaries, letting documentary testimony form the backbone of the account.

NOW COMPLETE.
With nearly 1500 illustrations, in super-royal 8vo, in 5 Divisions, cloth. Divisions 1 to 4, 13s. 6d. each; Division 5, 17s. 6d.; or 2 vols., cloth, £3 10s.
SPONS’ ENCYCLOPÆDIA
OF THE
INDUSTRIAL ARTS, MANUFACTURES, AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS.
Edited by C. G. WARNFORD LOCK, F.L.S.

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