Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Modern Inventions Since
Alexander's invention of the telephone has lead to many new inventions today. His invention of the telephone was a groundbreaking novel idea of communication. Never before could a voice be transferred over wires and the distance added to it. It lead to the invention of the walkie talkie, communication radios, cell phones, and wireless home phones. Most people today use one of these inventions on a daily basis. Without the invention of the telephone, people would still be communicating by mail, internet, or telegrams. Without the telephone, some would never hear the voice of loved ones who live in a different state, country, or even neighborhoods.
The Invention
Bell and Watson were working together on March 10, 1876 in their laboratory. Bell accidentally knocked over fluids on their invention in progress and shouted for Watson to come over. Watson heard Bell's voice from the wires however and not by his mouth. This was the invention of the telephone. Bell originally wanted people to answer the telephone by saying "Ahoy!" as the beginning greeting. He publicly demonstrated his new invention and furthered the distance between the two telephones. This allowed him to outshine his father's career and was no longer in the shadows of his father's career. Alexander Graham Bell's invention would later lead to many other and better modern inventions that we use every day.
Alexander's Invention Ideas
As Alexander Graham Bell grew older many things changed in his life. His father moved the family to London and his brother Edward died from tuberculosis. With all the change Alexander went back to teaching at Weston House Academy only to go back to his father and become his apprentice. His father went to America and lectured there while Alexander took over his father's London operations. His father saw the better living condions in America and decided to move the family there after two of his sons dying from tuberculosis. Alexander did not want to move but eventually gave in and moved to Ontario,Canada with his family.Alexander then set up a workshop to study the human voice. His father was offered a job at Boston School for Deaf Mutes but could not take the job so Alexander graciously accepted the job. He combined his father's knowledge ith his own making him a remarkable teacher and success. The school could not afford to keep him on staff for another semester so Alexander, who fell in love with Boston, tutored deaf children from the local area.
He shared one of his ideas of several telegraph transmissions could be sent on the same wire if they used different harmonic frequencies for each frequency. The father of a girl he tutored took great interest in his idea. He managed to acquire financial stability for his idea and spent very long days and nights trying to perfect the harmonic telegraph. His financial supporter Gardiner Hubbard, become very frustrated with Alexander when he became sidetracked by the idea of transmitting a voice over wires. Hubbard then hired an electrical assistant for Alexander in hope that he would refocus and perfect the invention. Thomas Watson, Alexander's new assisant became more enticed by the idea of transmitting a voice over wires then the invention he was suppose to help build. Alexander had the idea and Watson had the skills and together they would persue transmitting human voices over wires.
Alexander Graham Bell's Life
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