Alexander Graham Bell is the man most remembered for creating the telephone. Other than that he is a man who always had an obsession for communication. Mr. Bell once said, “Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of man minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself.” Alexander Graham Bell’s actions are shown in three ways in this essay; the telephone, other inventions, and his passion for communication.
To begin with, the Invention that Alexander Graham Bell is most remembered for is the telephone. I will explain the idea, how it works, and the story behind it. First, the harmonic telephone was just an idea till about the year 1874 when Mr. Bell started work on the phone to send multiple telegraph messages at one time. This device would take a telegraph line to transfer the human voice from one place to another. For this job he hired a man named Thomas A. Watson, electrical designer. Second, the way this machine works is that the transmitter was in one room with metal strings attached to the device. Which looked like a cone connected to metal strings. Those strings would stretch out of the room to a different room. In the other room the receiver was there this looked like an 8 ounce cup of water. These two things were the transmitter and receiver of the first telephone from 1876. Thirdly, the story behind the telephone made it even more special that Mr. Bell actually made the telephone in Canada and was never an American citizen yet got the protection of invention by the United States of America. This story all started when Alexander was in his room working on the phone and his partner...
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Wireless begins with a brief discussion of the 1995 centennial of the invention of radio by Marconi and a rebuttal by the British historians who oppose this claim. Using underused or previously overlooked or perhaps ignored resources the author disproves the claims against the originality and ingenuity of Marconi's 1897 patent on wireless telegraphy. While credit is given to several British scientists and engineers and their scientific discoveries and inventions, it was Marconi, a practitioner, who made the first significant breakthrough in practical wireless telegraphy when he "connected one end of the plate of the receiver, and one end of the transmitter, to the earth" (p. 20). Marconi transformed these scientific effects into wireless technologies and then exploited them for commercial purposes. The focus of British scientists and engineers on optical analogies, scientific experimentation and demonstration, and the fear of British national interests becoming monopolized (particularly by a foreigner) are the primary reasons for the dispute surrounding Marconi's patent. (By 1897 it was clear how wireless telegraphy would impact military interests.) The author shows in great detail how British scientists and engineers, namely physicist Oliver Lodge, J. J. Thomson, Minchin, Rollo Appleyard, and Campbell Swinton, deliberately constructed false scientific and social claims to discredit the originality of Marconi's patent.
For Americans, this allowed for overnight travel and became time-saving. Beneficial to businesses in the railroad industry, the demand of these cars went up. Moreover, Alexander Graham Bell was an inventor who created the telephone in 1876, inspired by the hearing impairment of both his mother and wife. The patent of this invention was soon recognized globally, and affected the means of communication. Although it was a novelty item, it was crucial and necessary for businesses to possess.
He was never a president of the United States, nor did he lead any army in a battle. He had no talent in public speaking, preferring to write out his thoughts on paper and for them to be read aloud by others. Yet in his day he was certainly one of the most well known celebrities, beloved in both the United States and through most of Europe. He is Benjamin Franklin, and he has become a symbol of American civilization.
The telephone was said to be invented by Alexander Graham Bell, some critics believe that the real inventor was a man named Elisha Gray. After many debates people commonly now believe that Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone. Inspired by his deaf parents he wanted to invent something that people could use easily and was easy to access. So he worked on his invention day and night for many days. Eventually He got the perfect thing that he had been looking for. He had finally invented a device that you could hear human voices through technology. On March 7, 1876 after all of Alexander G. Bell’s hard work he patented his great invention...
He grew up with his family as strong culture of speech therapy because his father and grandfather were involved for speech therapy with him that they encouraged them to become public speaker and Deaf Educator. His father invented of visible speech what he was development of alphabet and symbols to understand of different mouth movements as concept of reading-lip. In 1870, his family moved out to Canada from England, then one year later, moved out to Boston from Canada. He still motivates for Deaf educator. He taught them for signs, the alphabet, and speech in success of teaching method for deaf educator in Boston School for the Deaf. He has public speakers in large audiences, and then somehow he noticed three Deaf women what they attractive him. Also, they are different degree of hearing level. They have different background as speech, sign language skills, and experiences. Bell attracted on last young Deaf woman. Alexander discovered for new invent of telephone in 1874, because he tried to make new hearing aids to help Deaf people able to hear by noise and sound even help them to development of speech. It was successful for developed of his invention of the telephone. In 1874, Bell tested to called his assistant, Thomas Watson and said: “Watson I want to come here.” (Nicken, 133 pp.) After first invention, he had another inventions of technology is photo-phone. Bell attracted and fell love with his deaf student mentioned is Mabel Hubbard. She was illness to become Deaf cause by scarlet fever in five years old. She never learn sign language as manual communication, also, she uses speech and lipreading as well. That how she affect to change Bell’s mind to lead of against of sign language and Deaf’s marriage. He decided to studied for science in eugenic what he wants to help Deaf people become able to hearing and speaking to other people as hearing people consider of “normalization.”
God has distinguished mankind from the rest of creation by creating each person with a mind. However, each person has a different level of intelligence. Over time there have been many great minds who impacted society. One person in particular is Alexander Graham Bell. While Bell is often only associated with his invention of the telephone, he was a man devoted to helping others and devoted his life to improving the lives of others. This is seen in his early life, interaction with Deaf family, teaching career, and inventions.
Throughout history there have been many tragedies and many successes, the history of Antonio Meucci was both a tragedy and a success. It was a tragedy that he died broke and had his invention stolen (expanded upon) from him by Alexander Graham Bell, however it is a success because he helped create the great American invention called the telephone (and now has the recognition he deserves). In this research paper I will give a history/story of Antonio Meucci, what he created, a brief history of Alexander Graham Bell, what he created/expanded on and my opinion on the matter.
The cylinder phonograph proved to be successful, but the problem with the machine was that the tin foil only allowed a few uses. With the help of another great inventor, new advances could be made to improve this invention. The inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, had set up a laboratory for his cousin, Chichester Bell and Charles Tainter. Bell a...
To make the model, he attached a rotating paddle to nail brushes (“Alexander Graham Bell Inventions”). As a boy, Bell wondered if when dogs bark if they are actually saying any words. With this curiosity, he invented a robot like item to go down into the dog’s throat to see if the dog says words or not (“Lemelson-MIT Program”). At the age of sixteen, Bell created a windpipe that when blown into it the mouth it would make random words (“Famous Scientists”).In 1881, Bell created a metal jacket that helped people breathe better and more efficient (“Alexander Graham Bell Timeline”). As another way to help the deaf, he created a device called the Audio Meter to tell how well a person’s hearing is. Then in 1881, when President Garfield was shot , they called Bell for help. They called him due to his inventions of the metal detector which would tell the doctors working on President Garfield where the bullet was in his body (“Alexander Graham Bell
There are many leaders in the world, but a great ruler is passionate, honorable and one who can inspire even in the most hopeless circumstances. Alexander the Great was a great ruler. Alexander the Great was a ruler that was not only inspiring, but he was fearless, smart, bold and courageous. Alexander the Great inspired his soldiers to crave more. He has inspired people since the day he started ruling. What is inspirational about Alexander the Great is that he inspired his troops to the point that they did not question him when they were outnumbered three to one in a battle, they trusted him with their lives and were willing to die for him (Alexander the Great: man behind the legend).
Thomas Alva Edison is one of the most famous inventors. He saw many changes take place in his lifetime. His inventions were responsible for many of those changes. Some of his inventions were the telephone, the light bulb, the movie projector, and the phonograph. These inventions contributed to modern day, lights, movies, telephones, records and CDs. When Edison was born, there was no such thing as electricity, but by the time he died entire cities were lit by electricity (www.minot.k12.nd.us/edison.html).
On June 21, 1890, Bell and his assistant Charles Sumner invented a wireless telephone, named a photo phone. This photo phone allowed the transmission of both sound and huma...
On March 10th, 1876, a revolutionary invention was created by Alexander Graham Bell. The telephone was invented to send vibrations from one receiver to another electrically (History.com ‘Speech Transmitted by Telephone’ accessed on March 11, 2014), and due to Alexander Graham Bell accidentally discovering that he could hear the sound of a ‘clock spring twanging’ (Marry Bellis, ‘The History of the Telephone’ accessed on March 11, 2014), that was possible. The invention of the telephone permitted new levels of communication, allowed families connect around the world, and improved military systems, but also served negative consequences, such as breached privacy. If two people wanted to have a conversation, they would have to write letters back and forth, but with the telephone they were able to pick up the receiver, dial the number, and be connected in a matter of minutes. Telephones enabled long-distance communication, which allowed families to converse despite their location. Military officials and soldiers were also able to stay in touch through field telephones as well as keep contact with the president. Although telephones were originally placed in general stores or other major city locations and homes/neighborhoods that were wired (Elon.edu ‘World Changes Due to the Telephone’ accessed on April 2, 2014), telephones became commonly used in homes in the early twentieth century when telephones began to connect internationally.
Despite the short amount of time since the introduction of the smartphone, the rapid development of the software and technology has had a tremendous effect on the everyday life of society today. The concept of communicating through a telephone was developed in the 1870s. Devices to transmit speech electrically were designed by Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell, but Bell's design was patented first. On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell achieved one of his greatest successes in the making of the telephone. This brought upon a major change in communication and gave leeway to the improvement of the telephone in the days to come (Bellis, 2013b).
Alexander Graham Bell had a great impact on lives of his time, and of today. Since his death in 1922, the telecommunication industry has undergone an amazing revolution. Today, hearing impaired people are able to use a special display telephone to communicate. Fiber optics are improving the quality and speed of data transmission. (Alexander Graham Bell) “Alexander Graham Bell's invention reveals the principle upon which today's laser and fiber optic communication systems are founded, though it would take the development of several modern technologies to realize it fully.” (Alexander Graham Bell Biography) Alexander Graham Bell’s contribution to the modern world and its technologies was enormous.