KIDS QUIZ
FAMOUS INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Henry Ford
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Thomas Edison
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Detailed explanation-1: -Alexander Graham Bell is credited with being the inventor of the telephone since his patent and demonstrations for an apparatus designed for “transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically… causing electrical undulations” were successful. First Bell Telephone, June 1875.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was through his work with the deaf and his careful study of how sound is transmitted via the human voice that led Bell to the invention of the telephone. Fascinated by Samuel Morse’s telegraph, Bell set out to use what he knew about sound and speech to improve upon the idea of transmitting communication.
Detailed explanation-3: -On 7 March 1876, Bell was granted US patent 174465A, for a method of transmitting speech by telegraphy-the telephone.