Title: Who Invented The Telephone? The Complete Truth - RankRed
Headings: Who Invented The Telephone? The Complete Truth
Who Invented The Telephone? The Complete Truth
Antonio Meucci
Constructed an early voice communicating device in 1854
Johann Philipp Reis
Built the first ‘make-and-break’ telephone in 1861
Innocenzo Manzetti
Reported to have invented a speaking-telegraph in 1864
Elisha Gray
Designed a telephone using a water microphone in 1876
Alexander Graham Bell
Awarded the first US Patent for the invention of the practical telephone in 1876
Thomas Edison
Invented the carbon microphone to produce a strong telephone signal
Tivadar Puskás
Proposed the telephone switchboard exchange in 1876
Varun Kumar

Content: Alexander Graham Bell
Bell demonstrating long-distance telephone line (from New York to Chicago) in 1892 | Photo credit: Library of Congress
Awarded the first US Patent for the invention of the practical telephone in 1876
Alexander Graham Bell’s experiments with hearing devices eventually culminated in him being awarded the first patent for the telephone on 7th March 1876. He obtained the US patent 174,465 for a device that transmits vocal or other sounds telegraphically. Three days after the patent was approved, Bell used the device in Boston to call his assistant, who was in another room. He said, “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.” A few moments later, Watson appeared at his side, confirming that the invention worked. Both Graham Bell and Elisha Gray submitted independent applications to the patent office in Washington on 14th February 1876. Bell applied for the patent of the telephone while Gray applied for a caveat of the telephone. These gentlemen did not actually visit the patent office;