Father of the Japanese Telephone

John J. Carty. An Appreciation.

New York: Privately Printed, 1932.

Price: $350.00


About the item

First edition. Frontispiece portrait. 1 vols. 8vo. Father of the Japanese Telephone. Original blue cloth-backed boards. Some tearing along inner hinges, else a very good copy of this important biography of one of the founders and developers of the telephone.

Item #17677

Contains a bibliography of his works at the back. Carty was the Chief Engineer of American Telephone and Telegraph Company from 1907 to 1919, he invented numerous pieces important to telephony and he was one of the major powers behind transcontinental telephony and wireless transmissions. He is also known as the “Father of the Japanese Telephone System.” The Japanese Telephone System did not have its first exchange until 1890 and it was set up by Ren Sawai and Dr. S. Oi who were instructed by Carty, therefore the appelation.