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- ↑ Nielson, Donald (2006). A Heritage of Innovation: SRI's First Half Century. SRI International. pp. F1-4. ISBN 978-0-9745208-1-0.
- ↑ Lang, Harry G (2000). A phone of our own: the deaf insurrection against Ma Bell . Gallaudet University Press. p. 96. ISBN 1-56368-090-4.
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