Assertion: handset | /r/AtLocation | the cradle
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text: When the handset is on the cradle, the telephone is said to be "on-hook", or ready for a call.
text: The dial switch in the base interrupted the line current by repeatedly but very briefly disconnecting the line 1 to 10 times for each digit, and the hook switch (in the center of the circuit diagram) disconnected the line and the transmitter battery while the handset was on the cradle.