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Alexander Graham Bell

The telephone is now an integral part of modern life, yet it is still less than 150 years old. On March 7th, 1876, the United States Patent Office granted the patent for the telephone to Alexander Graham Bell. This was possibly the most valuable patent ever issued and more than 600 law suits would challenge the decision over the next seventeen years. A) until the Supreme Court finally ruled in Bell’s favour.

Others had also been working to invent such a device, among them Antonio Meucci. He had been ready to patent his ‘teletrofono’ in 1871 B) but he could not raise the money needed to do so. In 2002, the US Congress recognised that it was Meucci who had been first with the idea, a statement that continues to provoke argument.

Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1847, into a family of well-known elocutionists. He and his two brothers were largely taught at home as they were expected to enter the same profession. Sadly, by 1870, both his brothers had died from tuberculosis, C) which prompted the family to move to Canada.

Bell had a lifelong commitment to helping the deaf to speak and combined his scientific pursuits with teaching. The parents of two of his pupils were so impressed with his theories that they offered him financial support. D) which enabled him to fund his many experiments.

Alexander was fortunate to find Thomas Watson, a talented mechanic and model maker E) who assisted him In creating a device for transmitting sound by electricity. Whilst testing a circuit, they realised that the process would also work in reverse, which led, ultimately, to the invention of the telephone.

Bell became an extremely wealthy man from the success of the Bell Telephone Company. He purchased some land and settled in Nova Scotia, F) where he continued his research into techniques for teaching speech to the deaf. He also worked on other inventions until his death, but none of these was as successful as the telephone.

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2 where he continued his research into techniques for teaching speech to the deaf

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