Telephone, Ericsson Magneto 'Skeletal Type'

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Telephone, Ericsson Magneto 'Skeletal Type'

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Awarua Communications Museum

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Awarua Communications Museum

Description

This desk telephone was designed by Lars Magnus Ericsson who provided the practical design and engineering for the first hand sets which combined receiver and transmitter, supported horizontally in a cradle, in a single unit. His design went on to set the standard for all 20th-century variants of desk telephones and from a design standpoint is considered as the inspiration for all landline telephones. Later models, that encased the original open design, echoed the changes in the industrial ae...

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Date created

1895-1930

Creator

Ericsson

URL

https://ehive.com/collections/8060/objects/961046

Related subjects

Communication (including Diaries and Letters) / Communication / 1930s

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