Lyman, Charles W.2017-09-202017-09-201896http://hdl.handle.net/2097/38041Citation: Lyman, Charles W. The recent developments of the telephone. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1896.Morse Department of Special CollectionsIntroduction: Electricity has been and is being put to innumerable uses, and one of its most important uses is in the transmission of sound. The mystery of its action is rather difficult to explain; but the mechanism by which it is produced is by no means obscure. Ever since 1831, when Wheat Stone found that vibrations set up in one place could be transmitted, through a medium, to another station, the “Telephone” has made a steady growth, although at times the growth was noticeable by outbreaks, until at present we are nearing perfection.The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.ElectricityWheat stoneTelephoneTextThesesManuscripts (documents)