Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) was the inventor of the first successfully mass-marketed two-way electronic audio-telecommunications system, known as the [[telephone]]. Although he is also often credited as the inventor of the telephone per se, this honour is owed to the Godless German socialist Phillip Reis, who naturally failed to profit from his fortuitous discovery and is today little known outside Socialist Europe. Born in Auchenshoogle, [[Scotland]], Bell invented the telephone in 1875 after he immigrated to the [[United States]]. He was attempting to invent a device to help the deaf.
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Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) was the inventor of the first successfully mass-marketed two-way electronic audio-telecommunications system, known as the [[telephone]]. Although he is also often credited as the inventor of the telephone per se, this honour is owed to the Godless German socialist Phillip Reis, who naturally failed to profit from his fortuitous discovery and is today little known outside Socialist Europe. Born in Auchenshoogle, [[Scotland]], Bell invented the telephone in 1875 after he emmigrated to the [[United States]]. He was attempting to invent a device to help the deaf.
The first sentence spoken over the telephone was by Bell to his assistant Watson: "Watson, come here; I want you."
The first sentence spoken over the telephone was by Bell to his assistant Watson: "Watson, come here; I want you."