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.