Born in 1847 and passing in 1922, he significantly impacted communication technology Alexander graham bell was a pioneering scottish scientist and inventor, born on march 3, 1847, in edinburgh, scotland Best known as the inventor of the first working telephone in 1876, his groundbreaking work fundamentally changed how people communicate. In june, bell demonstrated the telephone for sir william thomson (baron kelvin) and emperor pedro ii of brazil at the centennial exhibition in philadelphia On july 9, 1877, bell, hubbard, sanders, and watson formed the bell telephone company, the precursor of the bell system. Alexander graham bell invented the telephone
Remarkably, he only worked on his invention because he misunderstood a technical work he had read in german His misunderstanding ultimately led to his discovery of how speech could be transmitted electrically. Explore a biography of alexander graham bell the inventor of the telephone Discover facts about his early life through to his later inventions. After inventing the telephone, bell continued his experiments in communication, which culminated with the photophone transmission of sound on a beam of light, a precursor of today's optical fiber systems He also worked in medical research and invented techniques for teaching speech to the deaf.
Many people do not know of the controversies his methods sparked in the deaf community.
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