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  1. 3 days ago · Alexander Graham Bell (/ ˈ ɡ r eɪ. ə m /, born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.

  2. 1 day ago · The first patents for electrodynamic transducers were filed in the 1870s by Werner von Siemens and Alexander Graham Bell, for example [1]. The important “unit” dB (decibel – a tenth of a “Bel”) is named after Mr. Bell. This working principle relies on the Lorentz force generated by a current flowing through a wire inside a magnetic ...

  3. 3 days ago · Everyone knows about Alexander Graham Bell and his invention of the telephone. Many people do not know that he was also a deaf educator and advocate, with an association named after him. His methods (and reasons behind those methods) continue to cause controversy in the Deaf community.

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    1 day ago · Origin and historical locations Bell's personal research after the telephone Bell's 1893 Volta Bureau building in Washington, D.C.. In 1880, when the French government awarded Alexander Graham Bell the Volta Prize of 50,000 francs for the invention of the telephone (equivalent to about US$10,000 at the time, or about $330,000 now), he used the award to fund the Volta Laboratory (also known as ...

  5. 4 days ago · 1876: Alexander Graham Bell has a patent granted for the telephone. However, other inventors before Bell had worked on the development of the telephone and the invention had several pioneers. 1877: Thomas Edison invents the first working phonograph. 1878: Henry Fleuss is granted a patent for the first practical rebreather.

  6. 4 days ago · Earlier, in 1863, Bell's father had taken his sons to see an invention of a automaton, designed by one Sir Charles Wheatsone, based on the work of Baron von Kemelen. This robot even had a simulated voice. Bell was totally fascinated and he and his older brother decided to build one of their own.

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  8. 2 days ago · Inventor George W. Coy came up with the idea of the switchboard in 1877, not long after Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. Most homes eventually became equipped with telephones and the need for a Switchboard Operator became obsolete as telephone lines connected people directly from home to home. Projectionist

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