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[The Picturephone System, containing 21 articles. See below.]. - [BELL'S PICTUREPHONE SYSTEM.]
New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1971. 8vo. Original full green cloth, bound with the original blue wrappers. Volume 50, 1971 of ""The Bell System Technical Journal"". Library stamp to free front end-paper and title page. Minor bumping to extremities. A nice and clean copy. [Mentioned articles:] Pp: 219-700. [Entire issue:XXXVII, (3), 1098].
First edition of the technical description of Bell System's picturephone System.When the system was launched it was regarded as a state of the art information tool. It was being used in various science fiction-movies, among these, Stanley Cubric's A Space Odyssey.""The AT&T picturephone offered full motion, a monochrome picture, and about half the resolution of a conventional TV image. It worked over three phone lines, and though fairly costly, was somewhat affordable. The AT&T picturephone utilized sophisticated image technology and was a well designed product offering desk-top, impulse use."" (Noll, Michael. Highway of dreams: a critical view along the information superhighway, 1997, p. 27).It never became a huge success and after a few years only, it was taken off the market. In the history of the telephone and communication in general, however, it occupies an important role, as this was the first time that a visual personal communication tool was being offered to a broad audience. In this respect, it can be regarded as the forerunner of web-cam and video mobiles. Other papers of interest is contained in the present volume:1. Baird, Jack A. The Picturephone System: Foreword. Pp. 219-220. 2. Dorros, Irwin. The Picturephone System: The Network. Pp. 221-233. 3. Crater, T.V. The Picturephone System: Service Standards. Pp. 235-269.4. Cagle, W.B." Strokes, R.R. Wright, B.A. The Picturephone System: The Station: 2C Video Telephone Station Set. Pp. 271-312.5. Gordon, A.M. Singleton, J.B. The Picturephone System: Station Set Components. Pp. 313-349.6. Brown, H.E. The Picturephone System: Transmission Plan. Pp. 351-394. 7. Brown, J.M. The Picturephone System: Baseband Video Transmission on Loops and Short-Haul Trunks. Pp. 395-425.8. Bunin, B.J. Hirsch, R.B. Olsen, R.E. The Picturephone System: Crosstalk Considerations in the Transmission of Analog Signals on Paired Cable. Pp. 427-457. 9. Millard, J.B. Maunsell, H.I. The Picturephone System: Digital Encoding of the Video Signal. Pp. 459-479.10. Broderick, C.W. The Picturephone System: A Digital Transmission System for TD-2 Radio. Pp. 481-499. 11. Gunn, J.F. Ronne, J.S. Weller, D.C. The Picturephone System: Mastergroup Digital Transmission on Modern Coaxial Systems. Pp. 501-520. 12. Urich, J.F. The Picturephone System: Switching Plan. Pp. 521-531. 13. Burgess, P.N. Stickel, J.E. The Picturephone System: Central Office Switching. Pp. 533-552.14. Breen, Charles. The Picturephone System: Customer Switching Systems. Pp. 553-565.15. Daskalakis, A. The Picturephone System: Key Telephone Systems. Pp. 567-584.16. Anderson, H.P. The Picturephone System: The 850A PBX. Pp. 585-604.17. Brown, D.W. Horvath, J.R. Paxton, T.S. The Picturephone System: No. 101 ESS. Pp. 605-620.18. Dougherty, H.J. Peterson, E.B. Schachtman, M.G. The Picturephone System: Maintenance Plan. Pp. 621-644. 19. Favin, D.L. Gilmore, J.F. The Picturephone System: Line and Trunk Maintenance Arrangements. Pp. 645-665.20. Bender, E.C. Howson, R.D. The Picturephone System: Wideband Data Service. Pp. 667-681.21. Warwick, P.S. Phipps, G.W. The Picturephone System: Computer Access. Pp. 683-700.And many other.
Transatlantic Communications. TAT-1. - [FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST SUBMARINE TRANSATLANTIC TELEPHONE CABLE SYSTEM, TAT-1]
New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1957. 8vo. Original full green cloth, bound with the original blue wrappers. Volume 36, 1957 of ""The Bell System Technical Journal"". Library stamp to pasted down front free end-paper. Minor bumping to extremities. A nice and clean copy. [Entire issue:] 20, 1513 pp.
First edition of the first technical description of the TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system. The 2,240-mile cable was laid by the cableship Monarch and ran from Gallanach Bay, near Oban in Argyll, to Clarenville, Canada. The initial capacity was 36 calls at a time at a price per call of $12 for the first three minutes. Since trans-Atlantic service opened in 1927, calls had traveled across the ocean via radio waves. But cables provide much higher signal quality, avoid atmospheric interference and offer greater capacity and security.""The papers that follow describe the design, manufacture and installation of the first transatlantic telephone cable system with all its component parts, including the connection microwave radio-relay system in Nova Scotia."" (From the introduction to the present papers).""Years of development led up to 1956 when the first transatlantic telephone cable system started carrying calls"" this is an interesting story in itself. Two coaxial cables about 20 miles apart carried 36 two-way circuits. Nearly 50 sophisticated repeaters were spaced from 10 to 40 miles along the way. Each vacuum tube repeater contained 5,000 parts and cost almost $100,000."" (Petruzzellis, Thomas. Telephone Projects for the Evil Genius, 2008, p. 4). The electronic repeaters, the devices that held together the many separate cables, were designed by the Bell Telephone Laboratories. In terms of reliable operation, the most critical component of the system was the repeater. These devices, spaced at intervals of 37.5 nautical miles along the cable, compensated for loss. The repeaters were of a unique flexible design, which allowed them to be handled in the same manner as cable.TAT-1 carried the Moscow-Washington hotline between the American and Soviet heads of state.Other papers of interest contained in the present volume:1. Kelly, Dr. Mervin J." Radley, Sir Gordon. Transatlantic Communications - An Historical Resume. Pp. 1-5.2. Mottram, E.T. Halsey, R.J. Emling, J.W. Griffith, R.G. Transatlantic Telephone Cable System - Planning and Over-All Performance. Pp. 7-27.3. Lewis, H.A. Tucker, R.S. Lovell, G.H. Fraser, J. M. System Design for the North Atlantic Link. Pp. 29-68.4. Gleichmann, T.F. Lince, A.H. Wooley, M.C. Braga, F.J. Repeater Design for the North Atlantic Link. Pp. 69-101. 5. Lamb, H.A. Heffner, W.W. Repeater Production for the North Atlantic Link. Pp. 103-138. 6. Meszaros, G.W. Spencer, H.H. Power Feed Equipment for the North Atlantic Link. Pp. 139-162.7. McNally, J.O. Metson, G.H. Veazie, E.A. Holmes, M.F. Electron Tubes for the Transatlantic Cable System. Pp. 163-188.8. Lebert, A.W. Fischer, H.B. Biskeborn, M.C. Cable Design and Manufacture for the Transatlantic Submarine Cable System. Pp. 189-216.9. Halsey, R.J. Bampton, J.F. System Design for the Newfoundland-Nova Scotia Link. Pp. 217-244.10. Brockbank, R.A. Walker, D.C. Welsby, V.G. Repeater Design for the Newfoundland-Nova Scotia Link. Pp. 245-276.11. Thomas, J.F.P. Kelly, R. Power-Feed System for the Newfoundland-Nova Scotia Link. Pp. 277-292.12. Jack, J.S. Leech, Capt. W.H. Lewis, H.A. Route Selection and Cable Laying for the Transatlantic Cable System. Pp. 293-326.And many other.
Transatlantic Communications. [11 papers, see below]. - [FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST SUBMARINE TRANSATLANTIC TELEPHONE CABLE SYSTEM, TAT-1]
New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1957. 8vo. Volume 36, 1957 of ""The Bell System Technical Journal"". In the original printed blue wrappers. Sunning to spine, and very minor spotting to wrappers. Internally near mint. 348 pp.
First edition of the first technical description of the TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system. The 2,240-mile cable was laid by the cableship Monarch and ran from Gallanach Bay, near Oban in Argyll, to Clarenville, Canada.""The papers that follow describe the design, manufacture and installation of the first transatlantic telephone cable system with all its component parts, including the connection microwave radio-relay system in Nova Scotia."" (From the introduction to the present volume).""Years of development led up to 1956 when the first transatlantic telephone cable system started carrying calls"" this is an interesting story in itself. Two coaxial cables about 20 miles apart carried 36 two-way circuits. Nearly 50 sophisticated repeaters were spaced from 10 to 40 miles along the way. Each vacuum tube repeater contained 5,000 parts and cost almost $100,000."" (Petruzzellis, Thomas. Telephone Projects for the Evil Genius, 2008, p. 4). The electronic repeaters, the devices that held together the many separate cables, were designed by the Bell Telephone Laboratories. In terms of reliable operation, the most critical component of the system was the repeater. These devices, spaced at intervals of 37.5 nautical miles along the cable, compensated for loss. The repeaters were of a unique flexible design, which allowed them to be handled in the same manner as cable.TAT-1 carried the Moscow-Washington hotline between the American and Soviet heads of state.Other papers of interest contained in the present volume:1. Kelly, Dr. Mervin J." Radley, Sir Gordon. Transatlantic Communications - An Historical Resume. Pp. 1-5.2. Mottram, E.T. Halsey, R.J. Emling, J.W. Griffith, R.G. Transatlantic Telephone Cable System - Planning and Over-All Performance. Pp. 7-27.3. Lewis, H.A. Tucker, R.S. Lovell, G.H. Fraser, J. M. System Design for the North Atlantic Link. Pp. 29-68.4. Gleichmann, T.F. Lince, A.H. Wooley, M.C. Braga, F.J. Repeater Design for the North Atlantic Link. Pp. 69-101. 5. Lamb, H.A. Heffner, W.W. Repeater Production for the North Atlantic Link. Pp. 103-138. 6. Meszaros, G.W. Spencer, H.H. Power Feed Equipment for the North Atlantic Link. Pp. 139-162.7. McNally, J.O. Metson, G.H. Veazie, E.A. Holmes, M.F. Electron Tubes for the Transatlantic Cable System. Pp. 163-188.8. Lebert, A.W. Fischer, H.B. Biskeborn, M.C. Cable Design and Manufacture for the Transatlantic Submarine Cable System. Pp. 189-216.9. Halsey, R.J. Bampton, J.F. System Design for the Newfoundland-Nova Scotia Link. Pp. 217-244.10. Brockbank, R.A. Walker, D.C. Welsby, V.G. Repeater Design for the Newfoundland-Nova Scotia Link. Pp. 245-276.11. Thomas, J.F.P. Kelly, R. Power-Feed System for the Newfoundland-Nova Scotia Link. Pp. 277-292.12. Jack, J.S. Leech, Capt. W.H. Lewis, H.A. Route Selection and Cable Laying for the Transatlantic Cable System. Pp. 293-326.
No. 10A Remote Switching System: System Overview (+) Control-Complex Architecture and Circuit Design (+) Peripheral Systems Architecture and Circuit Design (+) Host Software (+) Physical Design (+) Remote Terminal Firmware (+) System Maintenance (+) T... - [FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE NO. 10A RSS (REMOTE SWITCHING SYSTEM).]
New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1982 8vo. Original full green cloth. Volume 61, 1982 of ""The Bell System Technical Journal"". Library stamp to pasted down front free end-paper. Minor bumping to extremities. Beside a very few pencil marks a nice and clean copy. Pp. 391- 657. [Entire issue: Pp. XXXX, (1), 659].
First edition of Bell System's description of the highly influential and innovative first remote switching system. (No. 10A RSS).With the rapid rise in households with a telephone in the 50ies and 60ies, a new and more effective switching system was needed. The Bell System developed the No. 1 ESS (Electronic Switching System) to meet with these demands. The ESS made servicing easier but a more automatic and centralized structure was needed in order to meet the demands of smaller businesses. ""With the evolution in electronic technology currently in progress, it was evident that intelligent remotely controlled devices could be brought into central office switching environment. A system which could effectively and economically remote large portions of its network over large distances could rapidly be deployed over major segments of the Bell System network. The era of electronic switching began with the introduction of the No. 1 ESS into commercial service in 1965. [...] In spite of this activity, there remains a large segment of Bell System central offices that until the introduction of the 10A RSS could not justify the introduction of electronic switching technology."" (From the introducing article).Even though the No. 10A RSS essentially was built upon the No. 1 ESS it was still a milestone in the history of telephony.
Système social, ou principes naturels de la morale et de la politique, avec un examen de l'influence du gouvernement sur les moeurs. Par l'Auteur du Systême de la Nature [Mirabaud]. 3 Tomes. - [THE SYSTEM OF NATURE CONTINUED... THE SOCIAL SYSTEM]
London [recte: Amsterdam, M.M. Rey], 1773. 8vo. Bound in one beautiful contemporary full mottled calf binding with five raised bands to richly gilt spine triple gilt line-borders to boards and inner gilt dentelles. Edges of boards with single gilt line. All edges gilt. Corners abit bumped and a bit of overall wear. Inner hinges a bit weak. Internally very fine and clean. All in all a very fine copy indeed. (4), 210176" 167 pp. With all three half-titles, all three title-pages and all three indexes, as well as the introduction.
The rare first edition, first issue (though Tchermerzine mentions an unknown 2-volume-edition form the same year - this edition has never been verified), of one of d'Holbach's most important works, his influential ""social"" and political continuation of his seminal main work ""Systeme de la nature"" - the bible of materialism. D'Holbach (1723-1789), who was raised by a wealthy uncle, whom he inherited, together with his title of Baron, in 1753, maintained one of the most famous salons in Paris. This salon became the social and intellectual centre for the Encyclopédie, which was edited by Diderot and d'Alembert, whom he became closely connected with. D'Holbach himself also contributed decisively to the Encyclopédie, with at least 400 signed contributions, and probably as many unsigned, between 1752 and 1765. The ""Côterie holbachique"" or ""the café of Europe"", as the salon was known, attracted the most brilliant scientists, philosophers, writers and artists of the time (e.g. Diderot, d'Alembert, Helvetius, Voltaire, Hume, Sterne etc, etc.), and it became one of the most important gathering-places for the exchange of philosophical, scientific and political views under the ""ancient régime"". Apart from developing several foundational theories of seminal scientific and philosophical value, D'Holbach became known as one of the most skilled propagators and popularizers of scientific and philosophical ideas, promoting scientific progress and spreading philosophical ideas in a new and highly effective manner. D'Holbach was himself the most audacious philosophe of this circle. During the 1760's he caused numerous anticlerical tracts (written in large, but not entirely, by himself) to be clandestinely printed abroad and illegally circulated in France. His philosophical masterpiece, the ""Système de la nature, ou des lois du monde physique et du monde moral"", a methodological and intransigent affirmation of materialism and atheism, appeared anonymously in 1770"" (D.S.B. VI:468), as did the social and political follow-up of it, the famous ""Systême social"" in 1773. That is to say, Mirabeau whom he had used as the author on the ""System of Nature"" in 1770 is not mentioned in the ""Social System"", on the title-page of which is merely stated ""By the Author of ""Systême de la Nature"". As the theories of d'Holbach's two systematic works were at least as anticlerical and unaccepted as those of his smaller tracts, and on top of that so well presented and so convincing, it would have been dangerous for him to print any of them under his own name, and even under the name of the city or printer. Thus, ""Systême de la Nature"" appeared pseudonomously under the name of the secretary of the Académie Francaise, J.B. Mirabaud, who had died 10 years earlier, and under a fictive place of printing, namely London instead of Amsterdam. ""He could not publish safely under his own name, but had the ingenious idea of using the names of recently dead French authors. Thus, in 1770, his most famous book, ""The System of Nature"", appeared under the name Jean-Baptiste Mirabaud."" (PMM 215), and so the next ""System"" also appeared in the same manner three years later.In his ""Systême de la Nature"", d'Holbach had presented philosophical materialism in an actual system for the first time and had created a work that dared unite the essence of all the essential material of the English and French Enlightenment and incorporate it into a closed materialistic system"" on the basis of a completely materialistic and atheistic foundation, he provided the modern world with a moral and ethic philosophy, the effects of which were tremendous. It is this materialism and atheism that he continues three years later in his next systematic work ""Systême social"", through which politics, morality, and sociology are also incorporated into his system and take the place of the Christianity that he had so fiercely attacked earlier on. In this great work he extends his ethical views to the state and continues the description of human interest from ""Systême de la Nature"" by developing a notion of the just state (by d'Holbach calle ""ethocracy"") that is to secure general welfare. ""Système social (1773"" ""Social System"") placed morality and politics in a utilitarian framework wherein duty became prudent self-interest."" (Encyclopaedia Brittanica). ""Holbach's foundational view is that the most valuable thing a person seeking self-preservation can do is to unite with another person: ""Man is of all beings the most necessary to man"" (Sysème social, 76"" cf. Spinoza's Ethics IVP35C1, C2, and S). Society, when it is just, unites for the common purpose of preservation and the securing of welfare, and society contracts with government for this purpose."" (SEP).As the ""Systême de la Nature"" had been condemned to burning in the year of its publication, so the ""Systême social"" was on the list of books to be confiscated already in 1773, and it was placed on the Index of the Church in August 1775. As the ""Systême de la Nature"", the ""Systême social"" is thus also of great scarcity. Another edition of the work appeared later the same year, in 12mo. Tchermerzine says that ""Il ya une édition, que nous ne connaissons pas, en 2 vol. in-8. C'est sans doute l'originale."" The present edition was reprinted the following year, in 1774.Tschermerzine VI:246" Graesse III:317 Barbier IV:622 (only listing later editions).
