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Strowger sold his patents to his associates in 1896 for $1,800 (about $59,000 in 2021) [4] and sold his share in the Automatic Electric Company for $10,000 (about $330,000 in 2021) [5] in 1898. His patents were subsequently sold to Bell Systems for $2.5 million in 1916 (about $63,000,000 in 2021). [6]
The Texas State Police was formed during the administration of Governor Davis on July 22, 1870, to combat crime during the Reconstruction Era of the United States. Davis also created the Texas Special Police, State Guard of Texas, and the Texas Reserve Militia, which was the forerunner of the Texas National Guard. [citation needed]
Watson in his later years, holding Bell's original telephone. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, [1] United States Watson was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston in 1872. [2]
In 1878, Holmes became the president of the newly established Bell Phone Company. While he sold his interests two years later for US$100,000, [9] he kept his rights to use the company phone lines for his alarm system. [8] The use of electricity for street lights in 1880 changed the market, as people started accepting electrical models.
Russian engineer Pavel Yablochkov invented the electric carbon arc lamp: 1876: Scottish inventor Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone 1877: American inventor Thomas Edison invented the phonograph: 1877: German industrialist Werner von Siemens developed a primitive loudspeaker: 1878: First electric street lighting in Paris, France 1878
By 1900, the telegraph had become an integral part of American life, linking people and businesses across the country and around the world. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. After 1920 it replaced the telegraph as the primary means of communication between cities.
The State Highway Patrol was merged with the State Police on June 29, 1937. [7] The Texas State Police was formed during the administration of Texas Governor Edmund J. Davis on July 22, 1870, to combat crime associated with Reconstruction statewide in Texas. It worked primarily against racially based crimes, and included black police officers ...
10-A Printing Telegraph – The Western Electric Company made a line of printing telegraph equipment prior to acquiring the Teletype Corporation in 1930. The design for this equipment was provided by the Bell Telephone Laboratories and their predecessor, the W. E. Research and Development Department.