‎[23 articles. See below, The No. 4 ESS Switch and the Digital Signal Processor (DSP)]. - [FIRST TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE NO. 4 ESS. [4ESS SWITCH]]‎

‎New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1981. 8vo. Original full green cloth. Volume 60, 1981 of ""The Bell System Technical Journal"". Library stamp to front free end-paper. Minor bumping to extremities. A part from a very few pencil marks, a nice and clean copy. [4ESS:] Pp. 1041-1224. [DSP:] Pp. 1431-1698 [Entire issue: Pp. 785-1709].‎

‎First edition of the first publications of two fundamental topics within the history of Bell Technical Journal (AT&T): The No. 4 ESS switch and the Digital Signal Processor (DSP). It was first put into use in Chicago, Illinois to replace the 4a crossbar switch. The last new 4ESS switch was set up in Atlanta in 1999 and is planned to be in operation until 2015. The great advantage with the 4ESS was its flexibility and speed. The pioneering Digital Signal Processor, DSP1 was invented by Bell Labs in the period 1977-78 with first samples tested in May 1979. The DSP1 was a key component in AT&T's 5ESS switch. DSP capability has since been implemented in every generation of the ESS-switches. Articles about the No. 4 ESS: 1. Martersteck, K.E. No. 4 ESS: Prologue. Pp. 1041-1048.2 Frank, R.J." Keevers, R.J. Strebendt, F.B. Waninski, J.E. No. 4 ESS: Mass Announcement Capability. Pp. 1049-1081.3. Anderson, T.W. Bobsin, J.H. Cook, R.F. Gingerich, L. Marouf, M.A. Milczarek, R.J. No. 4 ESS: Mass Announcement Subsystem. Pp. 1083-1108.4. Metz, R. Reible, E.L. Winchell, D.F. No. 4 ESS: Network Clock Synchronization. 1109-1129. 5. Hoppner, K.M. Mann, H. Panyko, S.F. VanZweden, J. No. 4 ESS: Digital Interface. Pp. 1131-1166.6. Carestia, P.D. Hudson, F.S. No. 4 ESS: Evolution of Software Structure. Pp. 1167-1201.7. Davis, E.A. Giloth, P.K. No. 4 ESS: Performance Objectives and Service Experience. Pp. 1203-1224.Articles about the DSP-1.8. Boddie, J.R.Digital Signal Processor: Overview: The Device, Support Facilities, and Applications. Pp. 1431-1439.9. Barber, F.E. Bartoli, T.J. Freyman, R.L. Grant, J.A. Kane, J. Kershaw, R.N. Digital Signal Processor: An Overview of the Silicon Very- Large-Scale-Integration Implementation. Pp. 1441-1447.10. Boddie, J.R. Daryanani, G.T. Eldumiati, I.I. Gadenz, R.N. Thompson, J.S. Walters, S.M. Digital Signal Processor: Architecture and Performance. Pp. 1449-1462.11. Eldumiati, I.I. Gadenz, R.N. Digital Signal Processor: Logic and Fault Simulations. Pp. 1463-1473.12. Aagesen, J. Digital Signal Processor: Software Simulator. Pp. 1475-1481.13. Semmelman, C.L. Digital Signal Processor: Design of the Assembler. Pp. 1483-1497.14. Angelo, E.J. Jr.Digital Signal Processor: A Tutorial Introduction to Digital Filtering. Pp. 1499-1546.15. Boddie, J.R. Johnston, J.D. McGonegal, C.A. Upton, J.W. Berkley, D.A. Crochiere, R.E. Flanagan, J.L. Digital Signal Processor: Adaptive Differential Pulse-Code-Modulation Coding. Pp. 1547-1561.16. McGonegal, C.A. Berkley, D.A. Jayant, N.S. Digital Signal Processor: Private Communications. Pp. 1563-1572.17. Boddie, J.R. Sachs, N. Tow, J.Digital Signal Processor: Receiver for Touch-Tone Service. Pp. 1573-1583.18. Blake, R.B. Bolling, A.C. Farah, R.L. Digital Signal Processor: Voice-Frequency Transmission Treatment for Special-Service Telephone Circuits. Pp. 1585-1619.19. Buric, M.R. Kohut, J. Olive, J.P. Digital Signal Processor: Speech Synthesis. Pp. 1621-1631.20. Crochiere, R.E.Digital Signal Processor: Sub-band Coding. Pp. 1633-1653.21. Favin, D.L. Digital Signal Processor: Tone Generation. Pp. 1655-1671.22. Favin, D.L. Yorkgitis, D.P. Cordray, S. Digital Signal Processor: Power Measurements. Pp. 1673-1685.23. Gadenz, R.N. Digital Signal Processor: Tone Detection for CCITT No. 5 Transceiver. Pp. 1687-1698.‎

‎[79 papers on various aspects of the Telstar satellites]. - [THE TELSTAR-SATELLITE - THE FIRST TO TRANSMIT TELEVISION.]‎

‎New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1963. 8vo. 3 original full green cloth. Volume 42, 1963-1,2,3 of ""The Bell System Technical Journal"". Library stamp to free front end-paper. Minor bumping to extremities. A nice, clean, uniform set. 20, 738 pp.+ (2), 739-1940 pp. + 1941-2974 pp.‎

‎First publication of the first description of the world's first television satellite. Telstar I made a tremendous impact on the world by transmitting transatlantic live television. ""Telstar captured the popular imagination in a way that it is hard to believe any satellite, especially a communication satellite, could do today. According to AT&T, more than half the population of the UK watched its first transatlantic transmission, a remarkable percentage given that far fewer people than today owned television sets."" (Gavaghan, Something New under the Sun, p. 188)According to the US Space Objects Registry, Telstar 1 and 2 were still in orbit as of May 2010. The Telstar-satellites represent the true beginning of satellite communication.Telstar 1 was launched on July 10th 1962 and was the world's first active repeater satellite, the primary function of which was transmission of voice, black/white and colour television, fascimilie, and high- and low-speed data. The Telstar-project had five overall objectives"" to demonstrate broadband transmission, test operational communication satellite reliability, obtain operational experience with ground terminals and provide space radiation measurement.Telstar 1 was a medium-altitude satellite with an elliptic orbit which was completed once every 2 hours and 37 minutes. Due to Telstar's non-geosynchronous orbit, its availability for transatlantic signals was limited to 20 minutes in each orbit that passed over the Atlantic Ocean. The Telstar 2 was almost identical with Telstar 1 but had a higher orbit to reduce exposure to the damaging effect of the radiation belt. The Chief of NASA's Communications Satellite Programs wrote in 1966: ""Although not the first communications satellite, Telstar is the best known of all and is probably considered by most observers to have ushered in the era of satellite communications. This impression was a result of the tremendous impact upon the public by the first transmission of live television across the Atlantic Ocean. Telstar I was launched on July 10, 1962, and on that same day live television pictures originating in the United States were received in France."" (Jaffe, pg. 107)""On the whole, Telstar made a tremendous impact in the nation by transmitting transatlantic live television, which demonstrated the possibilities for commercial satellite television and other services."" (Delbert. Communication via satellite, 83 p). The Telstar-satellites were not the first launched satellites, but they were the first to demonstrate the possibilities of satellites and to present them to a broader audience. The three volumes offered contain a wide variety of articles related to the Telstar satellites from the technical design of the satellite to transmission test and evaluation to spacecraft test.Issue 1:1. Beach, C.D." Trecker, J.M.. A Method for Predicting Interchannel Modulation due to Multipath Propagation in FM and PM Tropospheric Radio Systems. Pp. 1-36.2. Bodtmann, W.F. Ruthroff, C.L. A Wideband Transistor IF Amplifier for Space and Terrestrial Repeaters Using Grounded-Base Transformer-Coupled Stages. Pp. 37-54.3. Coyne, J.C. Monitoring the Percussive Welding Process for Attaching Wires to Terminals. Pp. 55-78.4. MacWilliams, Jessie. A Theorem on the Distribution of Weights in a Systematic Code. Pp. 79-94.5. Peck, D.S. Blair, R.R. Brown, W.L. Smits, F.M. Surface Effects of Radiation on Transistors. Pp. 95-129.6. Graff, H.J. Peacock, J.M. Zalmans, J.J. Development of Solderless Wire Connector for Splicing Multipair Cable. Pp. 131-153.7. Gordon, E.I. Rigden, J.D. The Fabry-Perot Electrooptic Modulator. Pp. 155-179.8. Pfahnl, Arnold. Properties of Fast-Decay Cathode-Ray Tube Phosphors. Pp. 181-201.Issue 2:9. Hallenbeck, F.J. Mahoney, J.J. Jr. The New L Multiplex - System Description and Design Objectives. Pp. 207-221.10. Graham, R.S. Adams, W.E. Powers, R.E. Bies, F.R. New Group and Supergroup Terminals for L Multiplex. Pp. 223-278.11. Albert, W.G. Evans, J.B. Jr Ginty, J.J. Harley, J.B. Carrier Supplies for L-Type Multiplex. Pp. 279-317.12. Clark, O.P. Drazy, E.J. Weller, D.C. A Phase-Locked Primary Frequency Supply for the L Multiplex. Pp. 319-340.13. Andrews, E.G. Pp. Telephone Switching and the Early Bell Laboratories Computers. Pp. 341-353.14. Sandberg, I.W. On the Theory of Linear Multi-Loop Feedback Systems. Pp. 355-382.15. Descloux, A. On Overflow Processes of Trunk Groups with Poisson Inputs and Exponential Service Times. Pp. 383-397.16. Rosenzweig, W. Gummel, H.K. Smits, F.M. Solar Cell Degradation under 1-Mev Electron Bombardment. Pp. 399-414.17. Marcuse, Dietrich. A Further Discussion of Stimulated Emission of Bremsstrahlung. Pp. 415-430.18. Cravis, H. Crater, T.V. Pp. Engineering of T1 Carrier System Repeatered Lines. Pp. 431-486.19. Takacs, L. Delay Distributions for One Line with Poisson Input, General Holding Times, and Various Orders of Service. Pp. 487-503.20. Takacs, L. A Single-Server Queue with Feedback. Pp. 505-519.Issue 3:21. Lindner, R. Semiconductor Surface Varactor. Pp. 803-831.22. Paull, M.C. Reswitching of Connection Networks. Pp. 833-855.23. Sandberg, I.W. The Realizability of Multiport Structures Obtained by Imbedding a Tunnel Diode in a Lossless Reciprocal Network. Pp. 857-876.24. Rado, T. On Non-Computable Functions. Pp. 877-884.25. Schepis, A.J. On the Theory of Shrink Fits with Application to Waveguide Pressure Seals. Pp. 885-907.26. Frisch, H.L. Gordon, S.B. Vyssotsky, V.A. Hammersley, J.M. Monte Carlo Solution of Bond Percolation Processes in Various Crystal Lattices. Pp. 909-920.27. Curtis, Harold E. Interference between Satellite Communication Systems and Common Carrier Surface Systems. Pp. 921-943.28. Gucker, George B. Long-Term Frequency Stability for a Reflex Klystron without the Use of External Cavities. Pp. 945-958.29. Flanagan, James L.Models for Approximating Basilar Membrane Displacement - Part II. Effects of Middle-Ear Transmission and Some Relations between Subjective and Physiological Behavior. Pp. 959-1009.30. Rowe, H.E. Approximate Solutions for the Coupled Line Equations. Pp. 1011-1029.31. Rowe, H.E. Warters, W.D. Transmission in Multimode Waveguide with Random Imperfections. Pp. 1031-1170.Issue 4:32. Tsiang, S.H. Ulrich, W. Automatic Trouble Diagnosis of Complex Logic Circuits. Pp. 1177-1200.33. Benes, V.E. Heuristic Remarks and Mathematical Problems Regarding the Theory of Connecting Systems. Pp. 1201-1247.34. Benes, V.E. Algebraic And Topological Properties of Connecting Networks. Pp. 1249-1274.35. Meadows, H.E.Solution of Systems of Linear Ordinary Differential Equations with Periodic Coefficients. Pp. 1275-1294.36. Landau, H.J. Pollak, H.O. Prolate Spheroidal Wave Functions, Fourier Analysis and Uncertainty -- III: The Dimension of the Space of Essentially Time- and Band-Limited Signals. Pp. 1295-1336.37. Scheinman, A.H. A Method for Simplifying Boolean Functions. Pp. 1337-1346.38. Boyd, G.D. Kogelnik, H. Generalized Confocal Resonator Theory. Pp. 1347-1369.39. Geusic, J.E." Scovil, H.E.D. A Unidirectional Traveling-Wave Optical Maser. Pp. 1371-1397. 40. Morris, Robert. Further Analysis of Errors Reported in ""Capabilities of the Telephone Network for Data Transmission"". Pp. 1399-1414.41. Otterman, Joseph. Grade of Service of Direct Traffic Mixed with Store-and-Forward Traffic. Pp. 1415-1437.42. Fraser, J.M." Bullock, D.B. Long, N.G. Over-All Characteristics of a TASI System. Pp. 1439-1454.43. Miedema, H. Schachtman, M.G. TASI Quality - Effect of Speech Detectors and Interpolation. Pp. 1455-1473.Issue 5:44. Nelson, W.L. Phase-Lock Loop Design for Coherent Angle-Error Detection in the Telstar Satellite Tracking System. Pp. 1941-1975.45. Elliott, E.O. Estimates of Error Rates for Codes on Burst-Noise Channels. Pp. 1977-1997.46. Mc Adoo, Kathryn L. Speech Volumes on Bell System Message Circuits -- 1960 Survey. Pp. 1999-2012.47. Cutler, C.C. Kompfner, R. Tillotson, L.C. A Self-Steering Array Repeater. Pp. 2013-2032.48. Sandberg, I.W. On the Properties of Some Systems that Distort Signals -- I. Pp. 2033-2046.49. Ohm, E.A. Snell, W.W. A Radiometer for a Space Communications Receiver. Pp. 2047-2080.50. Brown, W.S. The ALPAK System for Nonnumerical Algebra on a Digital Computer --- I: Polynomials in Several Variables and Truncated Power Series with Polynomial Coefficients. Pp. 2081-2119.51. Musa, J.D.Discrete Smoothing Filters for Correlated Noise. Pp. 2121-2151.52. Evens, M.J. Myers, G.H. Timko, J.W. Command Guidance of Telstar Launch Vehicle. Pp. 2153-2168. 53. Yu, E.Y. Spin Decay, Spin-Precession Damping, and Spin-Axis Drift of the Telstar Satellite. Pp. 2169-2193.54. Paul, B. West, J.W. Yu, E.Y. A Passive Gravitational Attitude Control System for Satellites. Pp. 2195-2238.55. Fletcher, H.J. Rongved, L. Yu, E.Y. Pp. Dynamics Analysis of a Two-Body Gravitationally Oriented Satellite. Pp. 2239-2266.56. Rice, S.O.Innage and Outage Intervals in Transmission Systems Composed of Links. Pp. 2267-2283.57. Dragone, C. Hogg, D.C.Wide-Angle Radiation Due to Rough Phase Fronts. Pp. 2285-2296.58. Bennett, W.R. Rice, S.O.Spectral Density and Autocorrelation Functions Associated with Binary Frequency-Shift Keying. Pp. 2355-2385.59. Bennett, W.R. Salz, J.Binary Data Transmission by FM over a Real Channel. Pp. 2387-2426.60. Lucky, R.W.A Functional Analysis Relating Delay Variation and Intersymbol Interference in Data Transmission. Pp. 2427-2483.Issue 6:61. Haynie, G.D. Rosenfeld, P.E. An Automated 20-20,000-cps Transmission Measuring Set for Laboratory Use. Pp. 2501-2531.62. Sandberg, I.W.Signal Distortion in Nonlinear Feedback Systems. Pp. 2533-2550.63. Manley, J.M. A Three-Conductor Elementary Clogston Coaxial Transmission Line --- Calculation, Fabrication and Experiment. Pp. 2551-2574.64. Darlington, Sidney. Linear Time-Varying Circuits --- Matrix Manipulations, Power Relations, and Some Bounds on Stability. Pp. 2575-2608. 65. Li, Tingye. Mode Selection in an Aperture-Limited Concentric Maser Interferometer. Pp. 2609-2620.66. DiDomenico, M. Jr. Anderson, L.K. Broadband Electro-Optic Traveling-Wave Light Modulators. Pp. 2621-2678.67. Byrne, C.J. Karafin, B.J. Robinson, D.B. Jr. Systematic Jitter in a Chain of Digital Regenerators. Pp. 2679-2714.68. Curtis, Harold E. Satellite System Interference Tests at Andover, Maine. Pp. 2715-2739.69. Miller, S.E.The Nature of and System Inferences of Delay Distortion Due to Mode Conversion in Multimode Transmission Systems. Pp. 2741-2760.70. Young, D.T.Model for Relating Coupled Power Equations to Coupled Amplitude Equations. Pp. 2761-2764. 71. Enloe, L.H.Interchannel Interference in FM Systems Produced by Continuous Random Mode Conversion in Circular Electric Waveguide. Pp. 2765-2786.72. Young, D.T.Effect of Differential Loss on Approximate Solutions to the Coupled Line Equations. Pp. 2787-2793. 73. Benes, V.E.Markov Processes Representing Traffic in Connecting Networks. Pp. 2795-2837.74. Borenstein, D.P. Spectral Characteristics of Digit-Stimulating Speech Sounds. Pp. 2839-2847.75. Bullington, K.. Reflections from an Exponential Atmosphere. Pp. 2849-2867. 76. Emling, J.W. Mitchell, D.The Effects of Time Delay and Echoes on Telephone Conversations. Pp. 2869-2891.77. Brady, P.T. Helder, G.K.. Pp. Echo Suppressor Design in Telepone Communications. Pp. 2893-2917.78. Riesz, R.R. Klemmer, E.T. Subjective Evaluation of Delay and Echo Suppressors in Telephone Communicaions. Pp. 2919-2941.79. Hill, D.W. Calculation of the Spin-Axis Orientation of the TELSTAR Satellites from Optical Data. Pp. 2943-2960.‎

‎Advanced Mobile Phone Service: The Cellular Concept (+) Control Architecture (+) Mobile Telephone Switching Office (+) Voice and Data Transmission (+) A Subscriber Set for the Equipment Test (+) A Service Test Mobile Telephone Control Unit (+) Cell-Si... - [FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE ADVANCED MOBILE PHONE SERVICE (AMPS).]‎

‎New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1979. 8vo. Original full green cloth. Volume 58, 1979 of ""The Bell System Technical Journal"". Library stamp to pasted down front free end-paper. Minor bumping to extremities. A nice and clean copy. XXX, (2), 807 pp.‎

‎First publication of the cellular standard AMPS, the first modern cellular phone system which remained in operation until 2008 in the United States. Service started in Chicago on October 13, 1983.""Advanced Mobile Phone Service is the analog cellular telephone service provided in the United States. Cellular service increased capacity of mobile technology because it reuses frequencies in hexagonal-shaped cells. The AMPS standard was used in the United States, Mexico, Canada, Australia and several other countries. ‎

‎Bell Laboratories Record. [September 1938, Vol. XVII, No 1 till August 1939, Vol. XVII, No. 12].‎

‎[New York], Bell Laboraties, 1938-1939. Royal8vo. Bound with the all original printed wrappers in a nice half cloth with blue marbled boards. 12 issues offered. Small library stamp (Pasadena Public Library) to all title pages. Richly illustrated. A very fine and fresh copy. 399, (1) pp.‎

‎First printing of 12 issues of Bell Laboratories Record in which many new technological advances was presented for the first time.‎

‎Colloquium over ultrasonore trillingen. Colloque international sur les ultrasons. International Conference on ultrasonics (Brussel, 7-8-9 juni 1951)‎

‎Brussel, Paleis der Academiën [1951] 295pp., illustrated with figures in text, contains articles in English French & German, 26cm., publication by the "Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der Letteren", very good condition, W83883‎

‎Elektrische en magnetische eigenschappen van dunne metaallaagjes. Electric and magnetic properties of thin metallic layers. Propriétés électriques et magnétiques des couches métalliques minces‎

‎Brussel, Paleis der Academiën 1961 x + 449pp., 26cm., softcover, with contributions in english and in french, published by the "Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor wetenschappen, letteren en schone kunsten van België. Klasse der Wetenschappen", very good condition, [Verslagboek van een internationaal kongres gehouden te Leuven van 4 tot 7 september 1961], W87945‎

‎Green's functions for monatomic simple cubic lattices‎

‎Bruxelles, Palais des Académies 1960 176pp.with figure and tables, 29cm, in the series "Académie royale de Belgique. Classe des sciences, mémoires, collection in-4o, deuxième série" tome XIV fascicule 7, orig.softcover, pages uncut, VG‎

‎Jahrbuch der Radioaktivität und Elektronik"" Dreizehnter band, 13, band, 1916.‎

‎Leipzig, Hirzel, 1916. 8vo. In contemporary red half cloth. Stamp to front free end-paper. Wrappers bound in the back. Fine and clean. IV, 463 pp. ‎

‎Jahrbuch der Radioaktivität und Elektronik"" Vierzehnter band, 14, band, 1917.‎

‎Leipzig, Hirzel, 1917. 8vo. In contemporary red half cloth. Stamp to front free end-paper. Wrappers bound in the back. Fine and clean. IV, 499 pp. ‎

‎Jahrbuch der Radioaktivität und Elektronik"" Zwölfter band, 12, band, 1915‎

‎Leipzig, Hirzel, 1915. 8vo. In contemporary red half cloth. Stamp to front free end-paper. Wrappers bound in the back. Fine and clean. IV, 460 pp. ‎

‎Metaphysica Neutoni, seu Collatio sentnetiarum Neutoni ac Leibnitii/La Metaphysique de Neuton, ou Parallele des sentimens de Neuton et de Leibnitz (+) Anti-Machiavellus, seu Specimen criticum in Principem Machiavelli/Anti-Machiavel (+) Philosophiae n...‎

‎Leipzig, Grosse & Gleditsch, 1742. 4to. Contemp. full vellum. Faint handwritten title on spine. Two small stamps on titlepage. In: ""Nova Acta Eruditorum Anno MDCCXLII"". Occassional brownspotting. The entire volume offered. (4), 720, (33) pp + 6 engraved plates].‎

‎First edition of the 1742-edition of Nova Acta Eruditorum which are including two reviews of Voltaire and one of Newton's Principia.‎

‎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.‎

‎SD Submarine Cable System. [11 papers, see below]. - [THE FIRST TRANS-PACIFIC TELEPHONE CABLE]‎

‎(New York), American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1964. 8vo. Volume XLIII, September, No. 4, Part 1 and 2, 1964 of ""The Bell System Technical Journal"". In the original printed blue wrappers. Previous owner's stamp to front wrapper, and very light brownspotting to spine, otherwise a near mint copy. Pp. 1155-1479 + two folded plates, one loosely inserted.‎

‎First publication of AT&T's first submarine telephone cable across the pacific. It went from Japan to Hawaii, where it connected to two cables linking Hawaii with the mainland. This brought the same improvements to trans-Pacific service that the TAT-1 had brought to trans-Atlantic service in 1956. (See link below). Since the 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.Due to uncertainties in global politics, the economic involvement by the US government in the project was minimal. Papers contained in the present issue:1. Ehrbar, R.D." Fraser, J.M. Kelley, R.A. Morris, L.H. Mottram, E.T. Rounds, P.W. The SD Submarine Cable System. Pp. 1155-1184.2. Bowker, M.W. Nutt, W.G. Riley, R.M. Design of Armorless Ocean Cable. Pp. 1185-1208.3. Lerch, B.W. Phelps, J.W.Armorless Cable Manufacture. Pp. 1209-1242.4. Brewer, S.T. Dickinson, F.R. Von Roesgen, C.A. Repeaters and Equalizers for the SD Submarine Cable System. Pp. 1243-1273.5. Johansson, S.G.Manufacture of Rigid Repeaters and Ocean-Block Equalizers. Pp. 1275-1310.6. Holdaway, V.L. Van Haste, W. Walsh, E.J. Electron Tubes for the SD Submarine Cable System. Pp. 1311-1338.7. Bishop, J.D. Mottel, S.Cable Power Facility. Pp. 1339-1366.8. Ehrbar, R.D. A Cable Laying Facility. Pp. 1367-1372.9. Grismore, O.D.Cable and Repeater Handling System. Pp. 1373-1394.10. Gretter, R.W.Cable Payout System. Pp. 1395-1434.11. Butler, J.H. Altenburg, C.J. McSweeney, R.J." Sutton, L.E. Design and Powering of Cable Ship ""Long Lines"". Pp. 1435-1459.‎

‎[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. [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.‎

‎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.‎

‎[Traffic Service Position System No. 1. 11 articles, see below]. - [FIRST DESCRIPTION OF BELL'S TRAFFIC SERVICE POSITION SYSTEM (TSPS)]‎

‎New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1979. 8vo. Original full green cloth. The entire volume 43, nr. 2 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 volume: pp. 809-1367].‎

‎First edition of the first description of Bell System's Traffic Service Position System (TSPS). It was designed by Bell Labs in Columbus, Ohio to replace traditional cord switchboards. Research at Bell Systems was aimed at finding ways to reduce operator labor which at that time was was the largest expenditure when operating a telephone network. ""A new cordless operator position was designed to illustrate how this operator service might be implemented. Trials at New York Telephone Co. demonstrated the feasibility of both the customer dialing of the prefix and the efficiency of the new operator's position. After the trial, a development was started to add such positions, by then known as the ""Traffic Service Position"" [...]. It was an example of the electronic art forcing out the old electromechanical art with many vested interest. The collection of trunks, a ferreed switching network, an SPC, and the positions formed a system called the ""Traffic Service Position System"". Being the first, it was called the ""No. 1 TSPS"". (Chapuis,, 100 Years of Telephone Switching (1878-1978), 1982, p. 170).Articles contained in the Traffic Service Position System No. 1-issue:1. Staehler, R.E." Hayward, W.S. Jr. Traffic Service Position System No. 1: Recent Developments, An Overview. Pp. 1109-1118.2. Bauman, S.M. DiPietro, R.S. Jaeger, R.J. Jr. Remote Trunk Arrangement: Overall Description and Operational Characteristics. Pp. 1119-1135.3. Brune, W.L. Piereth, R.J. Weygand, A.G. Remote Trunk Arrangement and Position Subsystem No. 2: Transmission and Signaling Considerations. Pp. 1137-1165.4. Bulfer, A.F. Gibbons, W.E. Hackett, J.A.Remote Trunk Arrangement: Hardware and Software Implementation. Pp. 1167-1205.5. Berger, M. Dalby, J.C. Jr. Ransom, V.L. Prell, E.M. Automated Coin Toll Service: Overall Description and Operational Characteristics. Pp. 1207-1223.6. Clark, G.T. Streisand, K. Larson, D.H. Station Signaling and Announcement Subsystem: Hardware for Automated Coin Toll Service. Pp. 1225-1249.7. Ahmari, R. Hsu, J.C. Potter, R.L. Reed, S.C.Automated Coin Toll Service: Software. Pp. 1251-1290.8. Youngs, E.A. Bushnell, W.J. Barone-Wing, A. Automated Coin Toll Service: Human Factors Studies. Pp. 1291-1305.9. Stanaway, J.J. Jr. Victor, J.J. Welsch, R.J. Pp. Software Development Tools. Pp. 1307-1333.10. Delatore, J.P. VanHaften, D. Weber, L.A. System Verification and Evaluation Procedures. Pp. 1335-1346.11. Riddell, G. Swanson, C.R. Steinbrenner, R.T. Operator Training Facilities. Pp. 1347-1357.‎

‎La Pratique des Machines Frigorifiques. Analyse et Fonctionnement.Deuxième édition revue et augmentée. Avec 77 figures, 2 tableaux et 2 planches hors texte.‎

‎ Paris - Liège, Librairie Polytechnique Ch. Béranger 1947, 240x155mm, 273pages, reliure d'éditeur. ‎

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‎Actualités scientifiques et industrielles. La conquête de l'énergie atomique : I. Des rayons uraniques à la scission de l'Uranium (1896-1940) / II. De la scission de l'Uranium à la Bombe atomique (1940-1945)‎

‎Hermann et Cie Actualités scientifiques et industrielles Broché 1946 In-8 (16.5x25.5 cm), broché, 114 pages, non-rogné ; plis au dos, coiffes et coins frottés, bords des plats et dos insolé, par ailleurs intérieur plutôt frais, assez bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.‎

‎DE LA LOI GENERALE DE L'EQUILIBRE DANS LE MONDE‎

‎Troyes J.-L. Paton 1930 In-8 Broché Satisfaisant ‎

‎Plaquette extraite des mémoires de la société académique de l'Aube - 1929 (lecture du 14 décembre 1928) ; couverture de papier bleu pale légèrement défraichie, insolée ; 21pp ; l'auteur était ingénieur des arts et manufactures ; envoi signé "à Mr le chanoine Bresson, vicaire général... ‎

‎Microstructure de la lumière.‎

‎Editions en langues étrangères. non daté. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 214 pages - nombreuses figures en noir et blanc dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

‎Traduit du russe par Georges Jakobi. Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

‎Microstructure de la lumière.‎

‎Moscou, Editions en Langues Etrangères, s.d. (ca 1960). 13 x 21, 215 pp., 62 figures, reliure d'édition pleine toile, bon état.‎

‎"traduit du russe par Georges Jakobi; en frontispice portrait de S. I. Vavilov."‎

‎Etude du rapport signal sur bruit dans un interféromètre à deux antennes en corrélation fonctionnant à 35 Ghz. Contribution à l'étude de corrélateurs. ( Thèse présentée à l'Université de Bordeaux I pour l'obtention du titre de Docteur en Physique, Mention Spectronomie Hertzienne, soutenue le 7 mai 1969 ) [ Exemplaire dédicacé par l'auteur ]‎

‎Envoi de l'auteur, 1 vol. in-4 br. polycopié, Université de Bordeaux I, 1969, 102 pp. + 7 ff. d'annexes‎

5 Images

‎Etat très satisfaisant (titre ms. rajouté sur dos, coins inf. écornés en fin d'ouvrage, bon état par ailleurs) pour cette thèse de docteur en physique. Exemplaire rehaussé par un envoi illustré humoristique par le doctorant.‎

‎Die Konstitution der Mischkristalle und die Raumfüllung der Atome. - [VEGARD'S LAW]‎

‎Berlin, Julius Springer, 1921. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik, 5. Band. 1921"". Small library label to lower and library stamp to front free end paper. P. 17-26. [Entire issue: IV, 449 pp.].‎

‎First printing of Vegard's paper in which Vegard's Law was first introduced.Vegard's law is an approximate empirical rule which holds that a linear relation exists, at constant temperature, between the crystal lattice parameter of an alloy and the concentrations of the constituent elements. ‎

‎"Les poudres et explosifs et les mesures de sécurité dans les mines de houille. Encyclopédie de science chimique appliquée; tome sixième."‎

‎Paris/Liège, Librairie Polytechnique Ch. Béranger, 1914. 16 x 25, xviii-573-12 pages., 96 + 18 figures, reliure d'édition pleine percaline bordeaux, bon état (toutes petites taches sur la couverture).‎

‎"Livre Premier : Poudres et explosifs, généralités, préparation, emplois par L. Vennin; Livre Deuxième : Mesures de sécurité dans les mines de houille par G. Chesneau."‎