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IT is not absolutely necessary that the microphone should form part of the direct circuit. It works just as well if connected so that, when the carbons are not touching, the whole of the current goes through the telephone. When the carbons are together a small portion will of course leak through them; upon this leakage depends the rise and fall of tension in the receiver. For some experiments it is even better to work the microphone in this indirect manner, as the circuit always remains closed, and prevents, in a great measure, the jarring noise resulting from a break.
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CHIDDEY, A. Microphone in Indirect Circuit. Nature 18, 464 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/018464d0
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