About this Vintage Print Ad
A black-and-white Bell Telephone Laboratories ad promoting an electronic device used to detect leaks in telephone cable sheaths. The ad explains that the electrically operated detector, developed by General Electric Company, can find very small leaks quickly and more efficiently than older soap-solution methods. It emphasizes improved telephone service and highlights Bell Laboratories' scientific research and technical contributions.
- Brand: Bell Telephone Laboratories
- Product: Bell Telephone Laboratories electronic leak detector
- Tagline: THIS ELECTRONIC NOSE SNIFFS OUT LEAKS
- Publication: Scientific American
- Year: 1952
Objects in the advertisement: telephone pole, worker, cable, electronic leak detector, control unit, ropes, chains, bell system seal
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