Research Links
Research Links
Process Notes
- I used NAPS2 to scan and run OCR on this catalog
- NAPS2 is buggy. I had to restart the scanner / NAPS2 several times. One time I had to restart my laptop
- NAPS2 will do OCR at the time of save off of the PDF document. Now I understand why the name implies PDF centric existence.
Auxiliary Links
Image below is from a small town Paris Ohio. Yet look at the number of wires on the pole.
With just point to point wiring and no exchange the number of connections required is
What it looks like today
George Williard Coy Research Links
- G: "english language" "george coy" wikipedia
- W: George Willard Coy – passed away in 1915 – did not generate a fortune
- Gimsearch: George Willard Coy original switchboard
- December 2011 Item of the Month: The switchboard that launched the first public telephone company in the world
- Telephone Archive
- GAI did george williard coy patent his switchboard? Yes:
- GAI: U.S. Patent No. 224,653
- GooglePatents: US224653A
- Patent: US224653A PDF
George Williard Coy's diagram of first switchboard
