The Chronograph of Inventions

March 10

  • In 1891, Almon B. Strowger was issued a U.S. patent for his electromechanical switch to automate a telephone exchange. Strowger did not invent the idea of automatic switching (it was first invented in 1879 by Connolly and McTigthe) but Strowger was the first to put it to effective use.

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