USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
who invented the telephone?
A
George Washington
B
Alexander Graham Bell
C
Robert Fulton
D
Peter Cooper
Explanation: 

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: -Above: Bell’s box telephone, on display in the Communicate gallery. Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated this type of phone when he visited Britain in 1877-78. Known as ‘Bell’s box telephone’, it was the very first type of telephone to go on sale.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -How was the telephone invented? Bell in 1876, aged 29.

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