Here is the "inside workings" of the automatic telephone, located at the Smithsonian Institution, Wash., being operated by Carl Mitman. The electro magnets do all the work. The current necessary to operate these magnets is supplied by 32 dry batteries located in the box at the left. The motor genera
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