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  1. Nov 9, 2009 · Alexander Graham Bell is known for his many inventions, especially the telephone and a metal detector. He later created the Bell Telephone Company, now AT&T.

  2. 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.

  3. Jul 29, 2024 · Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born American inventor, scientist, and teacher of the deaf whose foremost accomplishments were the invention of the telephone (1876) and refinement of the phonograph (1886).

  4. Apr 3, 2014 · Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born scientist and inventor best known for inventing the first working telephone in 1876 and founding the Bell Telephone Company in 1877.

  5. Bell had the good fortune to discover Thomas Watson, a repair mechanic and model maker, who assisted him in devising an apparatus for transmitting sound by electricity. On April 6, 1875, Bell was granted the patent for the multiple telegraph, which sent two signals at the same time.

  6. Electrical Bullet Probe. In 1881 Bell developed an electrical bullet probe in response to the attempted assassination of President James A. Garfield. Garfield had been shot in the back, and doctors were unable to locate the bullet through physical probing. Bell felt compelled to lend a hand to the effort.

  7. May 21, 2020 · Among some of his more notable inventions: The telephone, which debuted in 1876 and was the result of Bell working in tandem with electrician Thomas Watson. At age 12, Bell developed a machine...

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