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Obr
Alexander Graham Bell of Beddeck, Nova Scotia invented it.
He actually invented a lot of things that we still use today
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Fergie
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If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
Alexander Graham Bell did invent the telephone in 1876.
He was a Canadian citizen at the time he invented the telephone.
However, he was working in a laboratory in Boston, MA, at the time. It is not clear just how much of his research was done in Canada; but he was granted a patent in the US.
So, both Canada and the US can claim the invention. And just to confuse the matter even more, Scotland can make a claim as well, since Mr Bell was born in Edinburgh in 1847. In his early 20s, he emigrated to Ontario (1870); then to Massachusets. He kept a second home in Nova Scotia (where he died and was buried in 1922). He only be came a US citizen (1882) six years after inventing the telephone.
In February 1876, "Bell was in Boston. Gardiner Hubbard, who was paying for the costs of Bell's patents, told his patent lawyer Anthony Pollok to file Bell's application in the U.S. Patent Office. This was done without Bell's knowledge. Patent Number 174,465 was issued to Bell on 7 March 1876 by the US Patent Office [...]. Continuing his experiments in Brantford (Ontario), Bell brought a working model of his telephone home. On 3 August 1876, from the telegraph office in Mount Pleasant (Ontario) five miles (eight km) away from Brantford, Alexander sent a tentative telegram indicating he was ready. With curious onlookers packed into the office as witnesses, faint voices were heard replying. The following night, he amazed his family and guests when a message was received at the Bell home from Brantford, four miles (six km) distant along an improvised wire strung up along telegraph lines, fences and ending up being laid through a tunnel. This time guests at the household distinctly heard people in Brantford reading and singing. These first long-distance transmissions clearly proved that the telephone could work over long distances." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell#Telephone)
Virginian wrote:Well, Alexander Graham Grabowski was definitely the first telephone Pole !
When I first heard that joke in about 8th grade, it was Alexander Graham Bellinski.
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
If you would like something more "railroad" to argue claims about:
Guglielmo Marconi
Born: 1874 - Died: 1937 Birthplace: Bologna, ItalyTransmitting electrical signals-Marconi's experiments led to practical wireless telegraphy and radio. In 1901 he successfully received signals transmitted from England to Newfoundland. He was awarded the 1909 Nobel Prize for Physics. (1975)
Early 1913, when radio was still in it's infancy, it was unknown if radio transmissions could be sent to a fast moving object. Guglielmo Marconi wished to expand the use of the radio to include vehicles that moved on land as well as water and test the possibility of transmitting telegraphic signals to moving trains along the Lackawanna Railroad system in the Northeast United States. Two cities- Binghamton, NY and Scranton, PA were chosen as the two tower sites to be built by the Lackawanna Railroad using Marconi's construction and design in early 1913.Each tower site consisted of two towers linked together with 4 aerial wires. Radio telegraph equipment was placed within the railroad stations and comprised of a 2 KW 500 cycle quenching transmitter made by the Marconi Company.
On November 27th 1913, the first "official" wireless transmission was transmitted from Scranton, PA towards the train traveling to Binghamton, NY at 60 miles per hour. In all, 350 words representing several pieces of news were clearly picked up by the operator aboard the train.
And for the locals such as myself.
The first long distance call was placed between Brantford and (my town) Paris.
Long distance charges were a lot more inexpensive then - and no dinner time solicitations.
chateauricher wrote: Boston, MA
yup some great ideas come from here
GMTRacing wrote:So we would then have to blame both Bell and Marconi for the cell phone? J.R.
ROFL I guess we would.
shucks...I was gonna blame Al Gore for inventing them, too.....
Bill
"Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig"
alfadawg01 wrote: GMTRacing wrote:So we would then have to blame both Bell and Marconi for the cell phone? J.R.shucks...I was gonna blame Al Gore for inventing them, too.....
A: It is not true that Al Gore claimed he invented the internet. It is a distortion of something he said on the Larry King show.
B: Let's talk about trains. There are plenty of other forums to argue about politics.
wjstix wrote:Wasn't there a story that Bell and another guy filed patents for the telephone the same day, but it was determined that Bell's patent was filed several hours earlier than the other guy, so he got the patent??
Elisha Gray was also experimenting with acoustic telegraphy and thought of a way to transmit speech using a water transmitter. On 14 February 1876, Gray filed a caveat with the U.S. patent office for a telephone design that used a water transmitter. That same morning, Bell's lawyer filed an application with the patent office for the telephone. There is a debate about who arrived first.
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1train1 wrote: And for the locals such as myself. The first long distance call was placed between Brantford and (my town) Paris. Long distance charges were a lot more inexpensive then - and no dinner time solicitations.
Are you from Illinois??
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Let's get back on topic.
Bergie