1959 Bell Telephone System Vintage Ad The Heart of a Satellite Transistor 59 *You Choose Frame-Mat Colors-Free USA S&H*
- Vintage Magazine Ad professionally matted and framed here in Helendale...an Historic Route 66 town in Southern California.
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Some of the text in this Vintage Ad:
The Heart of a Satellite
An astonishing amount of equipment can be put in a satellite. There are devices to measure temperatures in outer space, for example, and meteorite density, or cosmic ray activity.
There are also two small, battery-powered radios equipped with transistors – the tiny amplifiers invented at Bell Telephone Laboratories. In the Vanguard satellite shown here, all of his equipment is in it cylindrical core.
Why can small satellites do such big jobs? Because hundreds of pounds of equipment have been reduced in size, or “miniaturized,” so that they weigh only a few pounds, and take up little room.
The rugged, durable transistor is a good example of this. About the size of a lima bean, it can do the job of a vacuum tube fifty times larger and it needs so little power that very small batteries can be used.
The qualities that make the use of transistors essential in satellites are also used to advantage in much new telephone equipment. Transistors now help millions of telephone customers dial their own long distance calls directly. And those who are hard of hearing can order transistor-equipped telephones with adjustable volume control.
Small as it is, the transistor has already won a big place for itself, and has an even bigger future…in the heart of many a satellite yet to orbit, and in the heart of tomorrow’s better telephone service.
BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM
A great Vintage Ad!
You pick your frame color, and you pick your mat color. We will mat and frame your Vintage Ad per your request and send it to you promptly. All you have to do is remove it from the box and hang it on the wall in your home, office, garage, man cave, or showroom!
We mat and frame original, vintage magazine ads...they are in good condition, but may not be perfect as they are many decades old. Frame outside dimensions are 15" x 12", and matted ad is approximately 9-5/8" x 6-5/8" (could be slightly different, depending on ad).
Frames and vintage ads are actual as shown, and mat is computer generated for online viewing. Actual mat is custom cut for each individual ad and mat color will be similar to the colors shown on the website. “Travel Route 3 Scan” watermark is placed on the ad for online viewing only, and is not part of the final product. Back side of Vintage Ad is glued to backing paper so that it continues to display flat over time. Here is what you will receive:
- New frame
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- Vintage Ad
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