HOW THE PUBLIC IS MISINFORMED!
This is a dial on rotary telephones used in the 20th century.
The reverse side, inside the telephone set, looks like this!
The number
"1" points to a set of contacts used to create electrical pulses.
Notice
the odd shaped device, "a cam", in the center
of the dial.
When it turns, it pushed the leaves where the contacts are mounted,
APART.
As the cam continues to turn, the contacts CLOSE again because the
leafs have a spring tension on them.
This action has created a dial pulse. that pulse is registered in
telephone office switching equipment.
In dialing a 5, the gears incased inside of housing, force the cam to
spin 5 times, sending 5 pulses.
There is more to this dialing explanation but only this point is the
subject of this web page.
