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Edward Mahon Wev
1870–1910
Best known for a practical early telephone manual, this American technical writer left behind a concise guide to finding and fixing faults in telephone equipment. His work captures a moment when telephone systems were still new enough to need plainspoken troubleshooting advice.
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Telephone troubles : Their location and remedy
by Edward Mahon Wev
About the author
Edward Mahon Wev was an American author and technical writer born in 1870 and deceased in 1910. He is chiefly remembered for Telephone troubles; their location and remedy, published in New York in 1907.
The book was written as a hands-on manual for telephone installers and repair workers, focusing on how to identify and fix faults in subscriber sets and switchboards. Though brief, it reflects the practical, problem-solving style of early electrical and communications writing.
Little biographical information appears to be widely available online beyond basic birth and death dates and his authorship of this manual. Even so, his surviving work offers a useful glimpse into the fast-developing world of early twentieth-century telephony.