Telephone
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Telephone has 6 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 3 references, with 1 live disagreement.
Mostly:successful experiments between(2), supersedes telegraphic communication(1), supersedes(1)
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raw canonical shape-checked rule-derived certifiedInbound mentions (10)
Other subjects in dontopedia point AT this entity as a value. These are inverse relationships — e.g. "X motherOf this subject" — and answer questions the forward facts can't. Grouped by predicate.
connectedToTelephoneConnected to Telephone(2)
- W L Ward and Co
ex:w-l-ward-and-co - W L Ward and Co
ex:w-l-ward-and-co
inventedInvented(2)
- Alexander Graham Bell
ex:alexander-graham-bell - Bell
ex:bell
allowsCustomersToConveyWantsByAllows Customers to Convey Wants by(1)
- Hancock Bros
ex:hancock-bros
connectedByConnected by(1)
- Fitzroy Foundry
ex:fitzroy-foundry
connectedWithConnected With(1)
- W L Ward and Co
ex:w-l-ward-and-co
discoveredNewUseForDiscovered New Use for(1)
- Police Inspector Dobrijinsky
ex:police-inspector-dobrijinsky
providesEstimatesViaProvides Estimates Via(1)
- Hodgson Press
ex:hodgson-press
secondPlaceSecond Place(1)
- Welter Handicap
ex:welter-handicap
Other facts (6)
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| Predicate | Value | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Successful Experiments Between | Castlemaine | [1] |
| Successful Experiments Between | Melbourne | [1] |
| Supersedes Telegraphic Communication | first instance in colony | [1] |
| Supersedes | Telegraph Line | [1] |
| May Expect in Time | null | [2] |
| On Same Wire As | Ordinary Telegraph Business | [3] |
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References (3)
ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-personsctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-merctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/local-trove-owen-reynolds-aboriginal
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