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Nov 03, 2017 the epic story of alexander graham bell s invention of the telephone as its hightech heir, the iphone x, goes on sale friday. In this episode, journalist and author seth shulman talks about his new book, the telephone gambit, in which he produces compelling evidence that alexander graham bell plagiarized a. The daily dose of ip intellectual property law blog. They called their device the graphophone and applied for patents, which were granted in 1886. In seth shulmans book, entitled the telephone gambit. Could there be a better name for the inventor of the telephone than. The group formed the volta graphophone company to produce their invention. The elisha gray and alexander graham bell controversy concerns the question of whether gray and bell invented the telephone independently. Alexander graham bell also had to fight in court, this time to maintain his claim that he was the inventor of the telephone. In the new environment, alexander graham bell s health rapidly improved, so much so that in 1871 his father suggested that he be invited to boston to fill a request for lectures on visible speech to teachers of the deaf. Well before alexander graham bell invented the telephone, aleck as his family called him was a curious boy, interested in how and why he was able to hear the world all around him. Pdf the telephone gambit chasing alexander graham bells. While im no expert on the subject, it sounds like the new book the telephone gambit. This issue is narrower than the question of who deserves credit for inventing the telephone, for which there are several claimants.
Colorisation of a photograph of alexander graham bell. Alexander graham bell honors and tributes wikipedia. He coauthored a biography of his greatgrandfather, alexander graham bell. Alexander graham bell is recognized for the innovation of the first practical telephone and work with the deaf. But the first telephone was invented by antonio meucci in 1860 and johann philipp reis in 1861, who also called his device telephone, not bell as it s stated in the movie. The courtesy of these gentlemen has included, in addition to other help, making available to the author historic documents relating to the life of alexander graham bell in the files of the national geographic society and in the historical museum of the american telephone and telegraph company. Alexander graham bell and the history of the telephone.
Alexander graham bell is most well known for inventing the telephone. This book is a little contentheavy for early grades, but should be an interesting read for older elementary students. But the first telephone was invented by antonio meucci in 1860 and johann philipp reis in 1861, who also called his device telephone, not bell as its stated in the movie. It was this desire that led him to create his most famous invention, the telephone, and turned him into one of the most wellknown names of. The telephone gambit chasing alexander graham bells secret and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle learn more the. My 2 students george sanders and mabel hubbard set me on a new course. You can read bell s notebooks and look at his actual sketches of telephones. Alexander graham bell s commitment to improving life for the deaf led him to explore and experiment with inventions that would help the deaf learn to speak.
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