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There really wasn't any selection, you could only talk to the telephone the wires were connected to.
If you've ever seen an old movie with switchboard operators ... that's how. People picked up the phone and cranked a generator that alerted the switchboard operator they wanted to talk, the operator would temporarily connect the operator's own headset to that phone, then they'd tell the operator who they wanted to talk to and the operator would connect the wires together on a plugboard.
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Can you call people with the telephone?
yes you can call people with a telephone!! who knew!!
What is telephone used for?
Speaking to people remotely.
Who answered the first telephone call?
Hayes had the first telephone in the White House. It connected only to the Treasury Department. History did not record who was the first to answer it- probably the people who put it in tested it.
How do you call people from Poland?
By telephone
How do you call people from norway?
With a telephone!
How do they call people that study oil spill?
They must first determine the phone number of the people who are studying the oil spill. Next, a telephone is used to place the call.
How is does the telephone effect people?
it helps people call people
What was the first telephone called?
The first telephone call happened on March 10, 1876. The call made by Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, was simply "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
When the first phone call was made?
The first telephone call ever made was over 100 years ago now. The call was made on March 10, 1876. Alexander Bell (inventor of the telephone) made the first call.
How does God call ordinary people?
Telephone.
What you do with telephones everyday?
you call people with the telephone
How do you pay your automobile loans by telephone?
To pay your automobile loans by telephone you must call the bank and select the correct service. If you can't get to it call the bank and talk to a representative that would be able to help you through the phone.
