History of the telephone

Telephone patent in the history of the telephone

A practical telephone was actually invented independently by two men working in the United States, Elisha Gray (1835-1910) and Scottish born Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922). Incredibly, both men filed for a patent on their designs at the New York patent office on February 14, 1876 with Alexander Graham Bell beating Elisha Gray by just two hours.

Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray in the history of the telephone

Although Elisha Gray had built the first steel diaphragm or electromagnet receiver in 1874, he was not able to master the design of a workable transmitter until after Alexander Graham Bell had. Alexander Graham Bell had worked tirelessly, experimenting with various types of mechanisms, while Elisha Gray had become discouraged.

The first telephone call in the history of the telephone

According to the famous story, the first fully intelligible telephone call occurred on March 6, 1876. The first telephone call in the history of the telephone was made when Alexander Graham Bell called his assistant who was in another room. "Come here, Watson. I want you" was the first thing Alexander Graham Bell said on the first telephone call in the history of the telephone.

Watson, Alexander Graham Bell 's assistant, heard the request through a receiver connected to the transmitter that Alexander Graham Bell designed. After that first telephone call in the history of the telephone was the birth of the history of the founding of the Bell Telephone Company. The Bell Telephone Company later became AT&T. AT&T history began with Alexander Graham Bell 's Bell Telephone Company. AT&T then grew to be one of hte largest telephone companies in the world.

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