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Herrmann Wall Phone
The Herrmann wall telephone, also known as the "privileged phone", was a type of telephone, created by the Portuguese inventor, Maximiliano Augusto Herrmann, in 1880. The pioneering use of buttons to activate the telephone played a fundamental role to the opening of public lines in the main cities of Portugal. The telephone was composed by a double earpiece, made with long flexible tubes, and a transmitter fixed to main body of the machine. Its inventor, Maximiliano Augusto Herrmann (1832–1913), worked for the North and East Portuguese Railway Company () as telegraph lines inspector. He later opened a workshop in Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ... dedicated to the production of precision instruments. See also * Telecommunications in Portugal Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herrmann Wall Phone
The Herrmann wall telephone, also known as the "privileged phone", was a type of telephone, created by the Portuguese inventor, Maximiliano Augusto Herrmann, in 1880. The pioneering use of buttons to activate the telephone played a fundamental role to the opening of public lines in the main cities of Portugal. The telephone was composed by a double earpiece, made with long flexible tubes, and a transmitter fixed to main body of the machine. Its inventor, Maximiliano Augusto Herrmann (1832–1913), worked for the North and East Portuguese Railway Company () as telegraph lines inspector. He later opened a workshop in Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ... dedicated to the production of precision instruments. See also * Telecommunications in Portugal Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telephone
A telephone is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be easily heard directly. A telephone converts sound, typically and most efficiently the human voice, into electronic signals that are transmitted via cables and other communication channels to another telephone which reproduces the sound to the receiving user. The term is derived from el, τῆλε (''tēle'', ''far'') and φωνή (''phōnē'', ''voice''), together meaning ''distant voice''. A common short form of the term is ''phone'', which came into use early in the telephone's history. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was the first to be granted a United States patent for a device that produced clearly intelligible replication of the human voice at a second device. This instrument was further developed by many others, and became rapidly indispensable in business, government, and in households. The essential elements of a telephone are a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maximiliano Augusto Herrmann
Maximiliano is a masculine name of Latin origin, with its derivation from the Latin word "Maximum", which literally translates to "greatest". In fact, as a byproduct of imperialism, the name has become very common in Latin America and rivals that of its notability in the Iberian Peninsula. Notable people with the name include: *Maximiliano Alaníz (born 1990), Argentine footballer *Maximiliano Arboleya (1870–1951), Spanish sociologist, priest and activist *Maximiliano Arias (born 1988), Uruguayan footballer *Maximiliano Asís (born 1987), Argentine footballer *Maximiliano Badell (born 1988), Argentine footballer *Maximiliano Bajter (born 1986), Uruguayan footballer *Maximiliano Blanco (born 1977), Argentine footballer *Maximiliano Bustos (born 1982), Argentine footballer *Maximiliano Bustos (rugby union) (born 1986), Argentine rugby union player *Maximiliano Caire (born 1988), Argentine footballer * Maximiliano Caldas (born 1973), Argentine field hockey player *Maximiliano C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
