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What turned out to be the most popular and longest lasting physical style of telephone was introduced in the early 20th century, including Bell's Model 102. A carbon granule transmitter and electromagnetic receiver were united in a single molded plastic handle, which when not in use sat in a cradle in the base unit. The circuit Mobile Phone diagram of the Model 102 shows the direct Mobile Phone connection of Mobile Phone the receiver to the line, Mobile Phone while the transmitter was induction coupled, with energy supplied by a local battery. The coupling transformer, battery, and ringer were in a separate enclosure. The dial switch in the Mobile Phone base interrupted the line current by repeatedly but very briefly disconnecting Mobile Phone the Mobile Phone line 1-10 times for each digit, and the hook switch (in the center of the circuit diagram) permanently disconnected the line and the transmitter battery while the handset was on the cradle.
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The voice parts of the telephone are in the Mobile Phone handset, and consist of a transmitter (often called microphone) and a receiver. The transmitter, powered from the line, puts out an electric current which varies in response to the acoustic pressure waves produced by the voice. The resulting variations in electric current are transmitted along the telephone line to the Mobile Phone other phone, where they are Mobile Phone fed into the coil of the receiver, which is a Mobile Phone miniature loudspeaker. Mobile Phone The varying electric current in the coil Mobile Phone causes it Joke Phone to move back and forth, reproducing the acoustic pressure waves of the transmitter. When a party Mobile Phone "hangs up" (puts the handset Mobile Phone on the cradle), DC current ceases to flow in that line, thus signaling to the exchange switch to disconnect the telephone call.
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