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    Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish scientist and inventor born in 1847 who is widely credited with inventing the first practical telephone. He experimented with devices related to sound and worked with his assistant Thomas Watson to develop acoustic telegraphy. On February 14, 1876, Bell was awarded a patent for the telephone, beating out rival inventor Elisha Gray. His first words spoken on the telephone were to Watson. By 1886 over 150,000 telephones were in use in the United States. Bell made many other contributions in fields like medical research and transportation.

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    Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish scientist and inventor born in 1847 who is widely credited with inventing the first practical telephone. He experimented with devices related to sound and worked with his assistant Thomas Watson to develop acoustic telegraphy. On February 14, 1876, Bell was awarded a patent for the telephone, beating out rival inventor Elisha Gray. His first words spoken on the telephone were to Watson. By 1886 over 150,000 telephones were in use in the United States. Bell made many other contributions in fields like medical research and transportation.

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    Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish scientist and inventor born in 1847 who is widely credited with inventing the first practical telephone. He experimented with devices related to sound and worked with his assistant Thomas Watson to develop acoustic telegraphy. On February 14, 1876, Bell was awarded a patent for the telephone, beating out rival inventor Elisha Gray. His first words spoken on the telephone were to Watson. By 1886 over 150,000 telephones were in use in the United States. Bell made many other contributions in fields like medical research and transportation.

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    Alexander

    Graham Bell

     Alexander Graham Bell was an influential scientist, engineer and inventor.


     He was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He died on August 2,
    1922 at the age of 75.
     He is widely credited with the invention of the first practical telephone.
     Bell’s mother and wife were both deaf, this had a major influence on his
    work.
     He didn’t have the middle name “Graham” until he turned 11 when his father
    gave it to him as a birthday present. He’d earlier asked to have a middle
    name like his two brothers.
     Bell became an excellent piano player at a young age.
     When he was 23, Bell and his parents moved to Canada.
     Bell studied the human voice and worked with various schools for the deaf.
     Bell experimented with sound, working with devices such as a ‘harmonic
    telegraph’ (used to send multiple messages over a single wire) and a
    ‘phonautograph’ (used to record sound).
     He worked on acoustic telegraphy with his assistant, an electrical designer
    named Thomas Watson.
     On February 14, 1876, Bell and an American electrical engineer named
    Elisha Gray both filed patents with the U.S. Patent Office covering the
    transmission of sounds telegraphically. There is debate about who got there
    first but the patent was awarded to Bell. A few days later he succeeded in
    getting his telephone to work using elements similar to those of Gray’s water
    transmitter.
     Bell’s first words with the working telephone were spoken to his assistant
    Watson and were along the lines of “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see
    you.”
     Bell improved on the design and by 1886 more than 150,000 people owned
    telephones in the United States.
     Bell also had a strong interest in other scientific fields, conducting medical
    research, searching for alternative fuel sources, experimenting with metal
    detectors, developing hydrofoil watercraft and much more.
     Famous Alexander Graham Bell quotes include:
    o "Before anything else, preparation is the key to success."
    o "A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a
    man is what he makes of himself."
    o "The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see
    the distant person to whom he is speaking."
    o "The inventor looks upon the world and is not contented with things as
    they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees, he wants to benefit
    the world; he is haunted by an idea. The spirit of invention possesses
    him, seeking materialization."
    The telephone is one of the greatest inventions yet. It is hard to
    imagine the world without such a great invention. Below, write to
    describe an invention you would like to invent and draw a picture.
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    Let’s pretend that Alexander Graham Bell was still alive... Write a letter
    to him thanking him for his wonderful invention and let him know
    how the telephone has made an impact in your life.
    Dear,
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    Sincerly,

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