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E1A handset

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  • Alexander Graham Bell and the New York City–Chicago telephone link
    In telephone: Development of the modern instrument

    …Telegraph Company (AT&T) introduced the E1A handset, which employed a combined transmitter-receiver arrangement. The ringer and much of the telephone electronics remained in a separate box, on which the transmitter-receiver handle was cradled when not in use. The first telephone to incorporate all the components of the station apparatus into…

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