Almon Brown Strowger (/ ˈstroʊdʒər /; February 11, 1839 – May 26, 1902) was an American inventor who gave his name to the Strowger switch, an electromechanical telephone exchange technology that his invention and patent inspired.

Almon Strowger, an undertaker from Kansas City, Missouri, invented a mechanism that revolutionized the telephone industry and controlled telephone networks worldwide for much of the twentieth century. Strowger was born in Penfield, New York, one of seven brothers.

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The Strowger switch is the first commercially successful electromechanical stepping switch telephone exchange system. It was developed by the Strowger Automatic Telephone Exchange Company founded in 1891 by Almon Brown Strowger. Because of its operational characteristics, it is also known as a step-by-step (SXS) switch.

Almon Strowger. Inventor dial telephone. Born 1839. Died 1902. Almon Strowger was born in Penfield, New York, in 1839. From a young age he was known to invent things. When given a task it was said that instead of merely doing it he would often try to invent a machine to do it for him.

Almon Brown Strowger (February 11, 1839 – May 26, 1902) was an American inventor who gave his name to the Strowger switch, an electromechanical telephone exchange technology that his invention and patent inspired.

Almon Brown Strowger (left), Western Electric model 50AL (introduced in 1919, right) "Number Please?" Throughout most of the country until the late teens and early twenties, it was not possible to dial a telephone call without the assistance of a telephone operator.

2020年5月10日 · Almon Brown Strowger was an American inventor who gave his name to the Strowger switch, an electromechanical telephone exchange technology that his invention and patent inspired.

Almon B. Strowger was an inventive genius who re-charted the whole concept of telecommunications. He set his mind to resolve a problem, improved what Alexander G. Bell had devised and invented the dial telephone.

Almon Brown Strowger (February 11, 1839 – May 26, 1902) was an American inventor who gave his name to the Strowger switch, an electromechanical telephone exchange technology that his invention and patent inspired.