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Excerpt from The Bell System Technical Journal; 1925, Vol. 4: A Journal Devoted to the Scientific and Engineering Aspects of Electrical Communication The underlying thought. Which can not be overemphasized, is so to plan the plant that, as far as practicable, it will serve for its full life. And require no wholesale changes involving the abandonment of substantial portions of the installation. The design should be based upon the best estimates of future growth that are obtain able, it must be recognized that the most carefully designed plant layouts employing the best possible estimates of growth, may not always meet the ultimate requirements of flexibility. The chances of a comprehensive plan not fitting in with future development can, however, be reduced to a minimum by thoughtful initial planning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from A Letter to Her Daughter, Mrs. Gherardi The third John moved to Worcester, where he held pretty much every office in the County. He was Select man, Town Treasurer, County Treasurer, Sheriff, Regis ter of Probate, Register of Deeds, Probate Judge, Chief Justice of County Courts, Representative to the General Court, Colonel in the Militia and a member of the Gover nor's Council. He was also appointed by Governor Shir ley, in 17 54, a delegate to the proposed congress designed to concert measures for the union of the British American Colonies. He died, in 17 62, wealthy and full of honors. In him the family reached its zenith. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from The Bell System Technical Journal, 1930, Vol. 9: A Journal Devoted to the Scientific and Engineering Aspects of Electrical Communication As has been stated by Mr. Gifford, President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, The ideal and aim today of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and its Associated Companies is a telephone service for the nation, free, so far as humanly possible, from imperfections, errors, or delays, and enabling at all times any one anywhere to pick up a telephone and talk to any one else anywhere else, clearly, quickly and at a reasonable cost. With this aim in view, continuous effort is made further to improve and to extend the service within the nation and also the telephonic con nections to other nations. It is recognized also that changes in business and social conditions bring about repeated changes in the services desired by the people of the nation and in the character and appearance of facilities furnished to them. These facts, in addition to the onward march of the application of science, form an important basis for the continued study by the general staff of the development of all phases of the telephone system. A few figures relative to the size and growth of the Bell System are helpful in an understanding of the more specific telephone prob lems which are discussed below. Such figures are included in the statistical summary appended to this paper and include data regarding telephone messages, numbers of telephones, miles of wire and amount Of telephone plant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Bancroft Gherardi was born on November 10, 1832, in Jackson, Louisiana. His father, Donato Gherardi, an Italian by birth, emigrated to the United States about 1825 and became an instructor in Greek and Latin at the Round Hill School of George Bancroft.
His mother, Jane Bancroft, was a sister of the historian, who while secretary of the navy appointed his nephew in 1846 an acting midshipman.
Entering the Naval Academy in the fall of 1851, Gherardi graduated in June of the following year and was warranted passed midshipman.
Young Gherardi, after a few months in school, was ordered to the Ohio and served on that vessel in the war with Mexico on the west coast of that country. In 1850-51, he was attached to the Saranac of the Home Squadron.
Ordered to the St. Louis, he cruised in the Mediterranean and was present when his commander, Duncan N. Ingraham, made the memorable assertion of American rights at Smyrna.
Soon after his promotion to a lieutenancy in 1855, he was sent to the Saratoga of the Home Squadron. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was with the Lancaster of the Pacific Squadron.
In 1862, while acting as executive officer of the Chippewa of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron he was promoted lieutenant-commander, and in September of that year, he was ordered to the Mohican, which ship was employed in searching for Confederate commerce-destroyers in the North and South Atlantic oceans.
In the fall of 1863, he joined the West Gulf Blockading Squadron and commanded the Chocara until transferred in May 1864 to the Port Royal. Gherardi saw active service in the Gulf or on the Mississippi until the close of the war.
He was chiefly employed in routine blockade duties, but on August 5, 1864, he participated in the battle of Mobile Bay, under Farragut. During the first part of the battle the Port Royal was lashed to the Richmond, but later when cast ofif from her companion she chased three of the enemy’s gunboats. Her commander was highly commended for his “cool and courageous conduct. ”
During the decade succeeding the war, Gherardi was chiefly employed on shore: with navigation and equipment duties at the Philadelphia navy-yard, 1867-70, and with duties on the receiving ship Independence at the Mare Island navy-yard, 1871-74.
In 1867, he was commissioned commander; and in 1875, captain, to take rank from November 9, 1874. After taking command of the Pensacola, the flagship of the North Pacific Squadron, he was, on August 12, 1876, sentenced to suspension for two years for “causing punishment forbidden by law to be inflicted on persons in the Navy” - a sentence that on February 3, 1877, was remitted.
In 1878-81, he commanded the receiving ship Colorado, and in 1881-83, the Lancaster, flagship of the European Station, being present at the bombardment of Alexandria.
Later Gherardi was, successively, president of the Naval Examining Board, governor of the Naval Asylum, and commandant of the New York navyyard. In 1884, he was promoted commodore. ; and three years later, rear-admiral, serving while in the latter grade as commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic Squadron, 1889-92, and occupied chiefly in protecting American interests in West Indian and Central American waters.
During the Haitian revolution, he secured a prompt and equitable settlement of differences between the combatants that was highly creditable to his diplomacy. He was retired on November 10, 1894.
He died at his home in Stratford, Connecticut, leaving two sons.
In 1893, as commander of the “naval review fleet” consisting of thirty-five men-of-war drawn not only from the American navy but from the navies of nine foreign powers, Bancroft Gherardi had the leading part in a naval celebration on the Hudson River in commemoration of the discovery of America. The destroyer USS Gherardi (DD-637), launched in 1942, was named in his honor.
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In January 1872, Bancroft was married to Anna Talbot Rockwell of San Francisco.
