(1) The Bell Telephone (2) How Telegraphs and Telephones Work (3) Technical Electricity

Abstract

(l) THE printing of the full deposition made by Mr. Bell in the suit brought by the United States to annul the Bell telephone patents doubtless furnishes a valuable historical record of the experiments which led to the invention of the telephone, and, since the deposition was never officially printed, the American Bell Telephone Co. has performed a useful service in the publication of this book. To any who may still be interested in the legal aspects of the case the book should also prove valuable. But for the general reader, even when specially interested in telephony, the verbatim report of a legal examination and cross-examination is a very unsatisfactory medium for conveying information. The constant repetitions, the frequent insistence on what must be regarded from the broader point of view as wholly irrelevant details, and, above all, the clumsiness of a dialogue devoid of literary merit, make very poor reading, and one is liable to be overcome with ennui before any salient points have been gleaned.

(1) The Bell Telephone.

The Deposition of A. G. Bell in the Suit brought by the United States to annul the Bell Patents. Pp. iv + 469. (Boston: The American Bell Telephone Co., 1908.)

(2) How Telegraphs and Telephones Work.

Explained in non-technical language by C. R. Gibson. Pp. vi + 156. (London: Seeley and Co., Ltd., 1909.) Price 1s. 6d. net.

(3) Technical Electricity.

By H. T. Davidge R. W. Hutchinson. Second edition. Pp. xi + 539. (Cambridge: University Tutorial Press, Ltd., 1909.) Price 4s. 6d.