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Jun 12 Secretary Baird's Office in Smithsonian Institution Building
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Jun 12 SI Furnishes Castle with System of Electric Bells and Telephones

 
 

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Jun 12 SI Furnishes Castle with System of Electric Bells and Telephones

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Submitted by espositoc on Wed, 2012-02-01 16:29

Year: 
1878
Month: 
june
Day: 
12
Date: 
Wed, 1878-06-12
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Jun 12 Secretary Baird's Office in Smithsonian Institution Building

A system of electric bells and telephones is established throughout the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle." The system connects several office and work rooms in the building to provide instant communication between the rooms so as not to lose the time required to go from one room to another.