Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray’s inventions of the telephone Communication was vital on getting a message across. Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray were two inventors who helped spread the idea that the human voice could be transferred from one place to another. Because of their help, we are so advanced in today’s society. This was one step of bringing this country together as a whole. Communication was vital to get an important message fast and efficiently without waiting weeks.
Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray were two inventors from the 19th century who helped spread the knowledge that electricity could be transmitted from one place to another. Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh Scottland.
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He turned in his patent on the same day as Bell. In Gray’s invention, he used a water transmitter. There was lots of controversy over who got the patent turned in first. It was decided that Bell received the patent. On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell’s patent was 174,465. Three days later, Bell finally got his telephone to work. Bell used a needle that vibrated in water that caused the diaphragm to move. When Alexander Graham Bell spoke he said, "Mr. Watson—Come here—I want to see you." ToBell’s surprise, Watson heard his voice and came to him. When Watson came in the room Bell got very excited. This was a major success and only the beginning of his career. Alexander Graham Bell called his invention the talking telegraph because you didn’t have to use Morse code. He began a telephone company and gave service to thousands of people in his lifetime. There was even more controversy questioning whether Alexander Graham Bell had stolen Elisha's Gray’s telephone idea. But Bell had only used Gray’s liquid transmitter idea after he got his patent. He updated his own telephone and did not show the liquid transmitter out in public. Bell only used Gray’s idea to prove the point that whole sounds could be …show more content…
This was a distance of 5 miles. The other people at the end heard faint noises, but could not hear what Bell was saying. In the next test, Bell shortened the distance to 4 miles. The people concluded that they could hear a distinct and audible voice. This event proved that Bell’s telephone would work for any distance. Bell’s colleagues offered to sell the patent for $100,000. The Western Union said it was nothing more than a toy and they would not pay that much. Later, his partners said to Bell that he could sell his patent for about $25 million. Bell thought it was too late and decided not to sell it and to keep his company. Bell began to show the world his revolutionary design. One of the more famous demonstrations was from New York to Chicago in 1892. Queen Victoria showed excitement and said, “Most extraordinary!” The positive advice Bell had received made him proud of his prototype design. Elisha Gray had similar prototypes with his liquid transmitter idea. In another prototype, Bell looked at Thomas Edison’s past patents. He found one called the Carbon Microphone. This telephone worked better in long range and you didn’t have to shout at the receiving end. This improved Bell’s
The telephone completely changed how we communicate. Alexander Bell was a professor at Boston University when he built a device that allowed people to see speech in the form of sound-wave vibrations. This made Mr. Bell believe that somehow he could make sound waves turn into an electrical current and back into sound waves. After lots of studying electricity and conducting lots
He invented the first telephone. Alexander Graham Bell worked with deaf kids seeking to invent a machine that would transmit sound waves by electricity. So, he established a school for the deaf. He also invented the wheat busker, the harmonic telegraph, the metal detector, and the hydrofoil boat. Since the phone is one of the most used devices in times today he clearly impacted us. Alexander may have not created the IPhone but he had the idea of phones and how they would work. His invention has just evolved into the phones used today like Androids and IPhones. Alexander Graham Bell was a huge contributor to modern technology.
Many inventions revolutionized society and one example is the telephone, which was introduced to society in 1876. The inventor, Alexander Graham Bell developed this idea and the telephone made him famous because communication would never be the same after the development of the telephone. The telephone made an incredible impact on society. The impact could be seen through the quickness of communication, business, easier communication in wars, and some negative effects too.
24) Alexander G. Bell: This man invented the telephone. He beat another person with the same idea to the patent office by only a few hours.
Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He was raised by his mother Eliza Grace Symonds Bell, who was nearly deaf, but was an accomplished pianist and encouraged Alexander to undertake big challenges, and his father Alexander Melville Bell. Alexander Graham Bell was one of three children and was home-schooled until age 11. He did not do very well in school academically, but he did enjoy science and had a great ability to solve problems. Growing up, Alexander became very interested in his father’s business, which focused on oral education for the deaf. The business focused on Visual Speech, which was a system of symbols to aid people in speaking words in any language even if they had never heard it before. Alexander Graham Bell had high hopes for oral education and communication, and wanted to learn more about it. During his college years, Alexander Graham Bell received his education from the University of London where he studied under his grandfather who was a noted speech teacher.
The telephone was invented in 1870 by Gray and Bell, who then battled over the true inventor of the telephone, which Bell won. Bell then began experimenting with electrical signs, which brought the telegraph to be an established means of communication (Bellis). In 1876, Bell made his first call to Thomas A. Watson in March. People thought Bell’s invention was a toy, but later people wanted a phone installed in their homes, towns, or
The inventor that I chose for this project is Samuel Morse, born April 27, 1791, who invented the electric telegraph in 1835 with the help and inspirations of others such as Alfred Vail.
Bliss introduces her essay with some historical background of Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone to begin with her thoughts of the telephone throughout the essay. Bell’s financial backers advised him not to work on the invention, as it seemed too doubtful,
After working for his dad for a while Bell meet someone by the name of Thomas Watson, and they soon became partners. They worked on a design of the “first practical telephone.” “On March 10, 1876, Bell and Watson were successful.” After the long hard days of working on the design they had done it. They had made the first telephone. That was one of the biggest impacts on the world anybody could have ever done. People saw how smart Alexander Graham Bell was by making all of these inventions. They also saw what a great man he
Early Life ~ Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3rd, 1847 at his family home, 16 South Charlotte Street, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was born to Professor Alexander Melville Bell and Eliza Grace (nee Symonds). He had two brothers, Melville James Bell and Edward Charles Bell, both who died of tuberculosis. Bell originally did not have a middle name; he was allowed to adopt the middle name “Graham” for his eleventh birthday, after pleading with his father. To friends and family, he was known as “Aleck”.
In this report, I’m going to hypothesize what Deaf history and modern day would be like had the two most influential people, Alexander Graham Bell, and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet were never born. They influenced a handful of people directly which influenced the community greatly over the years, a trickle effect. They also produced some important things that have impacted both the hearing and Deaf world. First I will look at Alexander Graham Bell and how he has influenced history. Alexander Bell was born in Scotland and moved to Canada by his parents’ wishes.
When you call Carly Rae Jepsen maybe, think of Alexander Graham Bell. He was the one who invented the amazing telephone. Try to imagine our world without a quick, long-distance communication. I cannot imagine a world without a telephone, because we usually take it for granted. In this report, you will read about the amazing AGB and his invention, the telephone.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland March 3, 1847, he was taught by his mother until going to a local academy and finally the Edinburgh Royal High School. One day, when he was only 12, Mr. Bell was playing at a flour mill. The boring task of de-husking wheat motivated him to invent a wheat grain de-husker. The machine was used for several years at the mill.
Early in 1874 Bell met Thomas A. Watson, a young machinist at a Boston electrical shop. Watson became Bell’s indispensable assistant, bringing to Bell’s experiments the crucial ingredient that had been lacking, his technical expertise in electrical engineering. Together the two men spent endless hours experimenting (Paschoff 43,44). Although Bell formed the basic concept of the telephone using a varying but unbroken electric current to transmit the varying sound waves of human speech, in the summer of 1874, Hubbard insisted that the young inventor focus his efforts on the harmonic telegraph instead. Bell wanted to continue his work on the telephone but he complied. When he patented one of his telegraph designs in February 1875, he found that Elisha Gray had patented a multiple telegraph two days earlier. Greatly discouraged, Bell consulted in Washington with the elderly Joseph Henry, who urged Bell to pursue his “germ of a great invention” speech transmission (Grosvenor and Wesson 55).
Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847 and was a scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who invented the first telephone. In his later life, Bell did outstanding work in designing optical Telecommunications. Bell also contributed to other inventions as well, he designed a precursor to modern day air conditioning, he also contributed to aviation technology, and his last patent, at the age of 75, was for the fastest hydrofoil yet invented.