Alexander graham bell invention

• Known For: Inventor of the telephone • Born: March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland • Parents: Alexander Melville Bell, Eliza Grace Symonds Bell • Died: August 2, 1922 in Nova Scotia, Canada • Education: University of Edinburgh (1864), University College London (1868) • Patents: • Awards and Honors: Albert Medal (1902), John Fritz Medal (1907), Elliott Cresson Medal (1912) • Spouse: Mabel Hubbard • Children: Elsie May, Marian Hubbard, Edward, Robert • Notable Quote: “I had made up my mind to find that for which I was searching even if it required the remainder of my life.” Early Life Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847, to Alexander Melville Bell and Eliza Grace Symonds Bell in Edinburgh, Scotland. He had two brothers, Melville James Bell and Edward Charles Bell, both of whom would die of tuberculosis. Having been born simply “Alexander Bell,” at age 10, he begged his father to give him a middle name like his two brothers. On his 11th birthday, his father granted his wish, allowing him to adopt the middle name “Graham,” chosen out of respect for Alexander Graham, a family friend. Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), Scottish-born American inventor. Bell, who patented the telephone in 1876, as a young man. Print Collector / Getty Images In 1864, Bell attended the University of Edinburgh along with his older brother Melville. In 1865, the Bell family moved to London, England, where in 1868, Alexander passed the entrance examinations for University College London. F...

Humans are naturally curious and creative, two traits that have led our species to many scientific and technological breakthroughs. Since our earliest ancestors bashed a rock on the ground to make the first sharp-edged tool, humans have continued to innovate. From the debut of the wheel to the launch of Mars rovers, several of these key advancements stand out as especially revolutionary. Some inventions are thanks to one eureka moment, but most of our most pioneering inventions were the work of several innovative thinkers who made incremental improvements over many years. Here, we explore 20 of the most importantinventionsof all time, along with the science behind the Wheels were invented circa 3,500 B.C., and rapidly spread across the Eastern Hemisphere. (Image credit: James Steidl via Shutterstock) Before the invention of the wheel in 3500 B.C., humans were severely limited in how much stuff we could transport over land, and how far. The wheel itself wasn't the most difficult part of "inventing the wheel." When it came time to connect a non-moving platform to that rolling cylinder, things got tricky, according to David Anthony, a professor of anthropology at Hartwick College. "The stroke of brilliance was the wheel-and-axle concept," The hard work paid off, big time. Wheeled carts facilitated agriculture and commerce by enabling the transportation of goods to and from markets, as well as easing the burdens of people travelling great distances. Now, wheels are vital to ou...

It's no stretch to say that the modern world would be very different if Alexander Graham Bell hadn't existed. While most people know that Bell is popularly credited with the invention of the telephone (he was actually one of several inventors working along similar lines, but won the race to a patent), his impact goes far beyond one appliance. He had a lifelong dedication to the deaf community ( Some people require time before their greatness is revealed. Others are obviously marked for great things from a very young age. Alexander Graham Bell falls into the latter category. For most of us, the closest we get to scientific immortality as children is winning a school science fair. But Bell was actually inventing cool, useful things. When Alexander Graham Bell heard that doctors could not locate the bullet, he remembered an accidental discovery during his work on the telephone: a method of detecting metal using electricity (via However, Bell's failure with Garfield didn't deter him. He perfected his metal detector and demonstrated it for doctors (via Invented shortly after his work on the telephone was complete, the photophone was another device for transmitting sound waves. But, as reported by Incredibly, the contraption worked. In February, 1880, Bell was able to clearly hear his assistant, Charles Sumner Tainter, singing "Auld Lang Syne" over the photophone. Unfortunately, the phone didn't work well with the artificial light available at the time, so rainy days rendered it...

Date Event March 3, 1847 Bell is born in Scotland. Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Alexander Graham Bell is born to Professor Alexander Melville Bell and Eliza Grace Symonds. His father was a famous elocutionist or speech expert and teacher. December, 1859 Bell invents his first machine. His first invention ever at the age of 12 was a machine that could clean wheat grains and remove the husks. His mother began to lose her hearing this year. February, 1863 Bell is interested in speech machines. His father took him to see an "automation machine" that imitated the sound of the human voice. He became interested in speech and language and translated a German book by another famous scientist so that he could build a machine with the help of his brother that would produce speech electronically. 1865 Bell family moves to England. The Bell family moved to London but Aleck, as he was called, stayed in Scotland and became a teacher of elocution and music when he was 16. 1866 Bell starts college and becomes sick. He joined his older brother Melville as a student at the University of Edinburgh. He suffered illness from exhaustion and his health kept him bedridden most of the time. His younger brother Edward was also sick with tuberculosis. 1867 Bell comes back home and buckles down to study. After his brother Edward died, Bell returned home to Scotland. His older brother Melville married and moved away to open his own school of elocution. Aleck spent much of his ...

• • • • • • • • • For most people, Alexander Graham Bell’s name is synonymous with the telephone. But so many other A Foundation of Inspiration Bell’s interest in the science of sound influenced many of his inventions. His grandfather and father were elocution experts. They earned a living helping people perfect spoken English. Bell’s father, Melville Bell, attempted to create a complete phonetic alphabet, and then a comprehensive system of symbols, each associated with a particular English sound. He hoped to encompass all the sounds that humans were capable of producing. Melville Bell frequently encouraged young Alexander Graham Bell to innovate and experiment. Melville undoubtedly nourished the spirit of innovation behind Alexander Graham Bell’s future inventions. His interest in the deaf community was also fueled by compassion. His mother and wife were both deaf, and as such, he had a keen interest in inventions that empowered people who are deaf or hard of hearing. A History of the 7 Best Alexander Graham Bell Inventions When it comes to the history of Alexander Graham Bell’s inventions, there are so many worth noting. So here are seven of the most epic Alexander Graham Bell inventions that changed the world as we know it today. 1. The Harmonic Telegraph In 1871, Bell experimented with the The wire included a series of metallic reeds that vibrated at altering frequencies. He placed the wire near an electromagnet with a coil fastened to the transmission line. Bell was i...

Alexander Graham Bell and his associates at the Volta Laboratory set out to best Thomas Edison’s original phonograph. They were convinced of the profit-making potential of an improved device—especially one that could capture more clearly the speaking voice for business dictation. They originated wax cylinder records, and developed a machine to record and play them, the graphophone. Listening at Work Inventors and investors saw recorded sound not as a source of entertainment, but as a tool for business. And new corporations looked to “talking machines” to increase efficiencies in their ever-growing managerial departments. But the devices enabled new workplace hierarchies, with male managers upstairs recording dictation that female typists downstairs played back and put to paper. Volta Labs Recordings, 1880-1885 The inventions of Alexander Graham Bell—most famously the telephone but also methods of recording sound—have allowed people to hear each other’s voices for more than 130 years. Until now, no one knew what the inventor himself sounded like. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, through a collaborative project with the Library of Congress and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has identified Bell’s voice for the first time. In the museum’s collection from Bell’s Washington, D.C., Volta laboratory, which includes 200 of the earliest audio recordings ever made, was a loose piece of paper discovered by researchers to be a transcript of a recording. Th...

It's no stretch to say that the modern world would be very different if Alexander Graham Bell hadn't existed. While most people know that Bell is popularly credited with the invention of the telephone (he was actually one of several inventors working along similar lines, but won the race to a patent), his impact goes far beyond one appliance. He had a lifelong dedication to the deaf community ( Some people require time before their greatness is revealed. Others are obviously marked for great things from a very young age. Alexander Graham Bell falls into the latter category. For most of us, the closest we get to scientific immortality as children is winning a school science fair. But Bell was actually inventing cool, useful things. When Alexander Graham Bell heard that doctors could not locate the bullet, he remembered an accidental discovery during his work on the telephone: a method of detecting metal using electricity (via However, Bell's failure with Garfield didn't deter him. He perfected his metal detector and demonstrated it for doctors (via Invented shortly after his work on the telephone was complete, the photophone was another device for transmitting sound waves. But, as reported by Incredibly, the contraption worked. In February, 1880, Bell was able to clearly hear his assistant, Charles Sumner Tainter, singing "Auld Lang Syne" over the photophone. Unfortunately, the phone didn't work well with the artificial light available at the time, so rainy days rendered it...

Humans are naturally curious and creative, two traits that have led our species to many scientific and technological breakthroughs. Since our earliest ancestors bashed a rock on the ground to make the first sharp-edged tool, humans have continued to innovate. From the debut of the wheel to the launch of Mars rovers, several of these key advancements stand out as especially revolutionary. Some inventions are thanks to one eureka moment, but most of our most pioneering inventions were the work of several innovative thinkers who made incremental improvements over many years. Here, we explore 20 of the most importantinventionsof all time, along with the science behind the Wheels were invented circa 3,500 B.C., and rapidly spread across the Eastern Hemisphere. (Image credit: James Steidl via Shutterstock) Before the invention of the wheel in 3500 B.C., humans were severely limited in how much stuff we could transport over land, and how far. The wheel itself wasn't the most difficult part of "inventing the wheel." When it came time to connect a non-moving platform to that rolling cylinder, things got tricky, according to David Anthony, a professor of anthropology at Hartwick College. "The stroke of brilliance was the wheel-and-axle concept," The hard work paid off, big time. Wheeled carts facilitated agriculture and commerce by enabling the transportation of goods to and from markets, as well as easing the burdens of people travelling great distances. Now, wheels are vital to ou...

Alexander Graham Bell and his associates at the Volta Laboratory set out to best Thomas Edison’s original phonograph. They were convinced of the profit-making potential of an improved device—especially one that could capture more clearly the speaking voice for business dictation. They originated wax cylinder records, and developed a machine to record and play them, the graphophone. Listening at Work Inventors and investors saw recorded sound not as a source of entertainment, but as a tool for business. And new corporations looked to “talking machines” to increase efficiencies in their ever-growing managerial departments. But the devices enabled new workplace hierarchies, with male managers upstairs recording dictation that female typists downstairs played back and put to paper. Volta Labs Recordings, 1880-1885 The inventions of Alexander Graham Bell—most famously the telephone but also methods of recording sound—have allowed people to hear each other’s voices for more than 130 years. Until now, no one knew what the inventor himself sounded like. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, through a collaborative project with the Library of Congress and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, has identified Bell’s voice for the first time. In the museum’s collection from Bell’s Washington, D.C., Volta laboratory, which includes 200 of the earliest audio recordings ever made, was a loose piece of paper discovered by researchers to be a transcript of a recording. Th...

• Known For: Inventor of the telephone • Born: March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland • Parents: Alexander Melville Bell, Eliza Grace Symonds Bell • Died: August 2, 1922 in Nova Scotia, Canada • Education: University of Edinburgh (1864), University College London (1868) • Patents: • Awards and Honors: Albert Medal (1902), John Fritz Medal (1907), Elliott Cresson Medal (1912) • Spouse: Mabel Hubbard • Children: Elsie May, Marian Hubbard, Edward, Robert • Notable Quote: “I had made up my mind to find that for which I was searching even if it required the remainder of my life.” Early Life Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847, to Alexander Melville Bell and Eliza Grace Symonds Bell in Edinburgh, Scotland. He had two brothers, Melville James Bell and Edward Charles Bell, both of whom would die of tuberculosis. Having been born simply “Alexander Bell,” at age 10, he begged his father to give him a middle name like his two brothers. On his 11th birthday, his father granted his wish, allowing him to adopt the middle name “Graham,” chosen out of respect for Alexander Graham, a family friend. Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), Scottish-born American inventor. Bell, who patented the telephone in 1876, as a young man. Print Collector / Getty Images In 1864, Bell attended the University of Edinburgh along with his older brother Melville. In 1865, the Bell family moved to London, England, where in 1868, Alexander passed the entrance examinations for University College London. F...