Alexander graham bell

Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and was a renowned scientist, inventor, and engineer who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone. In 1888, Alexander Graham Bell became one of the founding members of the National Geographic Society. Bell with his prototype model of the telephone

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885. Bell's father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech, and both his mother and wife were deaf; profoundly influencing Bell's life's work. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing…

Alexander Graham Bell

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Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born American inventor, scientist, and teacher of the deaf whose foremost accomplishments were the invention of the telephone (1876) and refinement of the phonograph (1886). He also worked on use of light to transmit sound, development of a metal detector, and heavier-than-air flight.

The candlestick telephone was common from the late 1890s to the 1930s. It featured a mouth piece (transmitter), and a receiver (ear phone) that was held by the user to the ear during a call. When not in use, the receiver rested in the fork of the switch hook, which disconnected the audio circuit from the telephone network. The main producers of these telephones were Western Electric, Automatic Electric Co., Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company, and Stromberg-Carlson.

On this day in tech history, both Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray applied for patents for telephone designs in what would become a controversial battle over who invented the telephone.

A behind-the-scene look at the life of Alexander Graham Bell.

The telephone was invented for love.