Korbyn Cummings Mrs. Case English III 26 January 2018 Alexander Graham Bell Today people cannot go five minutes without checking their phones. Telephones is a big part of the world and society today. You can call your friend hundreds of miles across the country or you can call for help. No one really thinks about how telephones became, we just expect them to be at the store when we want a new one. Alexander Graham Bell was a historic inventor. He invented the telephone and many other useful things; after the telephone, he funded and founded many foundations that are still popular today. Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the son of Alexander Melville Bell and Eliza Grace Symonds. Bell’s mother …show more content…
He also wanted to teach the deaf to speak threw graphically sound waves that are recorded. Joseph Stearns invented a system that delivers two messages over one wire, the duplex in 1868. The thought of the telephone first crossed his mind in 1874. Bell stated “If I could make a current of electricity vary in intensity precisely as the air varies in density during the production of sound, I should be able to transmit speech telegraphically.” Bell filled out a patent on February 14, 1876, hours before Grey requested a caveat. On March 7, 1876, Bell was issued the patent. He successfully completed his first sentence on March 10, “Mr. Watson, come here; I want you.” …show more content…
He used a vacuum- jacket, which led to the idea and invention of the iron lung. Even though Thomas Edison tried to sue him, Bell helped him finish the phonograph. In 1890’s Bell and Edison started experimenting with airplanes and hydrofoil boats. Bell was able to assist the other scientist’s careers with all the money off the telephone. He started giving most of his time to the deaf and other communication devices. In 1880, Bell was given 50,000 francs, off the French award, the Volta Prize. With this money, he helped establish the Volta Laboratory for Invention, research, and deaf. Bell constantly worked with the deaf. He helped lip-reading become so popular and many other techniques. Bell funded and found the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf in 1890. Bell wanted to help President James Garfield by finding bullets in his veins. Bell continued doing odd experiments threw out his life. He wanted to turn vapor in the air into fresh water for the people sailing across the world. Bell spent most of the late life on his land on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Bell passed away on August 2,