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Alexander Graham Bell is one of the amazing people in the world. Alexander Graham Bell is known as the Inventor, Scientist, Engineer, Professor and finally the creator of the telephone. His hard work and education had a great influence on his career. Alexander Graham Bell is an excellent person because of the certain elements of the life which include: Biography, special awards and recommendation. To begin with, Alexander Graham Bell was born in March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father Alexander Melville Bell was a famous artiest expert in the fields of speech correction
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and elocution, this way Bell was primarily schooled at home, but also he did attend Edinburgh Royal High School for two years. Sadly, he didn’t complete any formal postsecondary education. When Bell was sixteen years old, he was accepted a teaching position at Elgin Weston House Academy in Elgin.
In 1868, Bell became his father assistant when his family moved to London. Tragedy befell the Bell family in London, as Bell and his brothers Melville and Edward contracted tuberculosis. In 1870 when young Bell's two brothers died of tuberculosis, Melville Bell took his remaining family to the healthier climate of Canada. Few years later Bell opened his own school in Boston for training teachers of the deaf; in 1873, he became a professor of vocal physiology at Boston University, and he tutored private pupils. Next, the Bell’s family settled in Brantford, Ontario, in 1870. Later when he fully recovering his health, Bell began working with his father, becoming increasingly involved in his father's work with the deaf and his efforts to create and implement the Visible Speech System for the deaf and hearing impaired. In 1871 Alexander Bell was accepted a teaching job at Boston. By attending public lectures at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bell was profoundly influenced by the work of scientist Hermann Helmholtz, a …show more content…
pioneer in the field of electrical current conduction. Through continuous experimentation and refinement, Bell finally succeeded in transmitting an intelligible message over the telephone to Watson. During his off hours, Bell attempted to duplicate some of Helmholtz's experiments, which formed the basis of his growing interest in improving the existing capabilities of the telegraph machine. Bell was initially interested in transforming the electrical telegraph from a machine capable of transmitting a single message to one that could convey multiple messages at the same time. However, in 1874, Bell's research interests evolved away from the telegraph and moved toward acoustics.
In 1876, Bell's telephone was demonstrated at an event in Washington, there it came to the attention of the German inventor Emile Berliner. Though Berliner was captivated by the invention, he saw room for improvement. Together with Bell, Berliner developed a microphone that could amplify the volume of incoming sound to make it more intelligible to the listener. Later the word of Bell's invention spread quickly throughout North America and Europe. By 1880, an estimated thirty thousand telephones were in use around the world. However, Bell soon became enmeshed in legal difficulties over the telephone patent with Gray. Eventually the U.S. Supreme Court recognized Bell as the sole inventor of the telephone, a judgment that made Bell a very wealthy man. Last but not list, many people in the world think that Alexander Graham Bell was a great Scientist - Engineer. He had changed the life of the whole world. Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone grew out of
his research into ways to improve the telegraph. His soul purpose was to help the deaf hear again. Alexander Graham Bell wasn’t trying to invent the telephone, he was just trying to help out people in need. The rapid expansion of telephone systems, which now include internet and wireless technologies, has given the 21st century its own identity. Bell’s popularity is shown in the recent national series where he was the named the ninth greatest Canadian, the 57th greatest Britton, and he was one of the top 100 Greatest Americans. No other person worldwide has made it to more than one list. Bell is arguably mostly Canadian. Alexander Graham Bell is one of the amazing people in the world. He died in August 2, 1922 in Baddeck, Nova scotia. Alexander Graham Bell is known as the Inventor, Scientist, Engineer, Professor and finally the creator of the telephone. For his life he got three awards such as Albert Medal in 1902, John Fritz Medal in 1907 and Elliott Cresson Medal in 1912.
Alexander Hamilton was born on Nevis in the British West Indies. He was born on January 11 1755 or 1757. Rachel Fawcett and James Hamilton were his parents. His father left him and his mother when he was only ten. He had to get a job at 11 to support his family. When he was twelve his mom got sick and died. Alexander then moved in with his cousin, but sadly the cousin committed suicide. After the cousins death,
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...
Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11th in 1755 or 1757 (the exact date is unknown) on the
In conclusion, Alexander Hamilton was a driven intellect who created a name for himself in the United States of America after immigrating from the Caribbean. Through hard work and brilliance he changed the financial system of the country and made a lasting impression on the nation giving him the legacy he had always
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.
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On March 3rd, 1847, Alexander Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He had two other brothers but unlike them, Alexander was the only child from the three children that didn't die from tuberculosis at a young age. Bell’s siblings that died names were Melville James Bell, and Edward Charles Bell. At an early age, his father educated him instead of going to an actual school with other students. His parents names were Eliza Grace Symonds and his fathers name was Alexander Melville Bell. Eliza Grace Symonds was deaf since she was born. He adopted the middle name, Graham, at age 10 after a family-friend.
Hamilton was born on January 11, 1755 in the British West Indies. He was the product of an affair and was born to his mother Rachel Fawcett Lavine and a man named James whom was a Scottish trader. Knowing that he came from a troubled and awkward family background, Hamilton tried to prove his worth by beginning work at the young age of 11. He was the apprentice of an accountant named Nicolas Cruger. He was such a bright and impressive individual that Cruger and his business partner pooled together their money to send Hamilton to America to receive a higher level of education.
Alexander was born in the West Indies on January 11, 1755. He descended from a long line of Scottish heritage. When Hamilton was only 10 years
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...
A world without telephones would mean a world without communication and a struggle to complete everyday tasks. Ninety-one percent of Americans would not be able to call, send text, set alarms, or check social media on the go. When he invented the telephone in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell pioneered the way for future inventors to further advance the telephone making communication and life easier for us and generations to come. As a young boy growing up in the 1850’s, Bell was ambitious and headstrong, often observing his fathers, Melville Bell’s, teaching of correct speech and elocution. He followed his father’s footsteps and became fascinated in exploring the physiology of speech and deaf education, which ultimately lead to the invention of the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell’s teachings, inventions, and the organizations he was involved in were imperative to America’s development and are still being used today, making him a person of absolute significance in American history. His legacy continues as people are reminded of his significance every time we pick up a telephone.
Aleck’s father took a trip over seas in 1868 to see if Americans would take to his new ideas of speech. Alexander Melville Bell was so impressed that he decided to move the entire family. They did not purchase an estate in the United States. However they did buy an estate in Brantford, Ontario, Canada where there were an abundance of Scottish immigrants. Alexander Melville Bell still continued to make trips to Boston to lecture on “visible speech” (Schuman 39). Aleck’s father was offered a teaching position at the Boston School for the Deaf. He did not take the job but suggested that Aleck take the position instead. Alexander Graham Bell took the teaching position in April of 1871, and was on his way to the Boston School for the Deaf (Schuman 39).
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.
In conclusion Mr. Thomas Edison was a great inventor which enhances my everyday life with his unbelievable inventions. If Thomas Edison never invented the lightbulb who knows what the world would be like today. I think that Thomas Alva Edison was a great inspiration and inventor to many people today.
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).