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TAE 1st to apply carbon variable resistance to practical inst. Use of induction coil novel; fully explained in final. Bell provides no details for HOW to vary resistance. Clerac, Hughes, Thomson lack printed evidence of earlier use of carbon as Brit law requires. Patent is for practical object, not underlying idea. Even if claims upheld narrowly, diaphragm is only practical way to vary resis. Can't understand how any pat lawyer can assert that the micro (eg Blake) isn't the carbon tel. 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