Title: Facts About the Telephone and Its Inventor - Alexander Graham Bell - BrightHub Education
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Facts About the Telephone and Its Inventor - Alexander Graham Bell
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Facts About The Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell Facts
Bell and the Study of Sound
Facts About The First Telephone
Changing the World
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Content: The words were not clear and crisp, but it was the end of the telegraph and the beginning of the telephone. The first long distance call occurred in 1892 when Bell called Chicago from New York. The price for a long distance call was $9 for the first five minutes. Bell did not stop with the telephone. In 1880 he invented the photophone, which transmitted sound on a beam of light and was the precursor to fiber optics, which revolutionized telecommunications in the 20th century. Changing the World
What would the world be like if Alexander Graham Bell had not invented the first ever telephone? Would he have even had an interest in the science of sound if his mother had not been hearing impaired? It is impossible to know the answers to these questions, but it is known that when Bell and Thomas Watson discovered how the first telephone worked, communication was revolutionized. The ability to speak and be heard instantly was not just a convenience, but allowed for the rapid exchange of information and ideas and was a significant reason for the growth of the United States that followed in the next century. References
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