Monday, March 10, 2008

TFH 3/10: Almon Brown Strowger

Almon Brown Strowger received his patent for designing the first electromechanical telephone switching device on this day in 1891. His invention is the forerunner of today's networking equipment and furthered the communications revolution, which lead ultimately to the cybernetic revolution and the Internet.

Inventing direct dial, operator-less, automatic telephone switching? Sounds like a finest hour to me!

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