claim: Qin dynasty dates back to 221 BC.
evidence: The Model 302 telephone is a desk set telephone that was manufactured in the United States by Western Electric starting in 1937 , and in Canada by Northern Electric until the late 1950s , well after the introduction of the modern model 500 telephone in 1949 .. Western Electric. Western Electric. Northern Electric. Nortel. model 500 telephone. model 500 telephone. The sets were routinely refurbished into the 1960s .. The 302 is a member of the 300-series telephones and was sculpted by the industrial design firm of Henry Dreyfuss .. Henry Dreyfuss. Henry Dreyfuss. It was one of the first widely used American combined telephone sets to include the ringer and network circuitry in the same telephone housing .