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Word: quadruplex (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...over the U.S. and Canada as a "boomer," or tramp telegrapher. When I hit Detroit, Tom Edison was in New York working the first Albany circuit at 195 Broadway. When I hit 195 Broadway, I occasionally sat in on the first Albany circuit, and although Tom had sold his quadruplex patent to Jay Gould for $30,000, the last stick of sealing wax he had been gnawing from when he quit was still reposing on the table behind the sounder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 23, 1959 | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

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