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  2. Alexander Graham Bell - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Graham Bell (/ ˈ ɡ r eɪ. ə m /, born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) [4] was a Scottish-born [N 1] Canadian-American inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.

  3. History of the telephone - Wikipedia

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    Actor portraying Alexander Graham Bell in a 1932 silent film. Shows Bell's second telephone transmitter , invented 1876 and first displayed at the Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia. This history of the telephone chronicles the development of the electrical telephone, and includes a brief overview of its predecessors.

  4. Invention of the telephone - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Graham Bell's telephone patent [35] drawing, March 7, 1876 Bell's Prototype Telephone Centennial Issue of 1976 The first successful bi-directional transmission of clear speech by Bell and Watson was made on March 10, 1876, when Bell spoke into the device, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."

  5. Innovation, Intrigue, Subterfuge, and the Birth of an Industry

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    The name on the first telephone patent, which was granted on March 7, 1876, reads "A.G. Bell" -- Alexander Graham Bell. The reality of its invention is much Innovation, Intrigue, Subterfuge, and ...

  6. Thomas A. Watson - Wikipedia

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    Watson in his later years, holding Bell's original telephone. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, [1] United States Watson was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston in 1872. [2] He was then hired by Alexander Graham Bell, who was then a professor at Boston University.

  7. Things Boomers Took for Granted That are Obsolete Now

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    1876-2017 Alexander Graham Bell revolutionized human communication when he made the first phone call to his assistant, Thomas Watson. The landline was born and it dominated for more than a century ...

  8. Elisha Gray and Alexander Bell telephone controversy

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    Alexander Graham Bell's Telephone Patent Drawing, 1876 The master telephone patent, 174465, granted to Bell, March 7, 1876. According to Gray's account, his patent caveat was taken to the US patent office a few hours before Bell's application, shortly after the patent office opened, and remained near the bottom of the in-basket until that ...

  9. Telephone call - Wikipedia

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    The first telephone call was made on March 10, 1876, by Alexander Graham Bell. Bell demonstrated his ability to "talk with electricity" by transmitting a call to his assistant, Thomas Watson. The first words transmitted were "Mr Watson, come here. I want to see you." [3]