HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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telegraph.
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telephone.
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radio.
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light bulb.
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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: -Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell successfully received a patent for the telephone and secured the rights to the discovery. Days later, he made the first ever telephone call to his partner, Thomas Watson.
Detailed explanation-3: -On 7 March 1876, Bell was granted US patent 174465A, for a method of transmitting speech by telegraphy-the telephone.
Detailed explanation-4: -The First Telephone Call. What were the first words ever spoken on the telephone? They were spoken by Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, when he made the first call on March 10, 1876, to his assistant, Thomas Watson: “Mr. Watson–come here–I want to see you.” What would you have said?