Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell, renowned inventor of the telephone, was born on the 3rd of march, 1847 in Scotland, Great Britain. He passed away on the 2nd of August, 1922 in Beinn Breigh, Nova Scotia, Canada (Nova Scotia = New Scotland).

He was educated at both the University of Edinburgh, and the University College London, and went on to take up many potions including the roles as scientist, teacher of the deaf, Professor at Boston University, engineer, and of course as an inventor.

Why the name of Alexander Graham Bell will live forever – He is most well known as being the inventor of the telephone, where he was assisted by one Thomas Watson, and were funded by his father-in-law to be, Boston Attorney General, Gardner Greene Hubbard, to create a telegraph system that could send multiple messaged at the same time along the same wire, for up until that time, only 1 message could be sent at any given point in time as the wire could only handle one signal.

Although Bell and Watson were supposed to research this potential improvement in the telecommunications technology of telegraphy their true intention was to create a telephone system in order to allow communication through speech. This they finally achieved on the 10th of March, 1876, when Bell used the telephone system to make a call to his assistant (Watson), using the immortal words “Mr Watson... come here... I need you”.

Why Bell's interest in the field of telecommunications – Speech and communication was something that influenced Bell's life more so than most. For his wife, Mabel Hubbard, and mother, Elisa Grace Symonds Bell, were both deaf (thus his position as teacher of the deaf), and his brother, father, and grand father were involved in work that involved speech and elocution.

Inventions other than the telephone – Bell came up with many inventions other than his most famous, the telephone. One of which he created at the tender age of 12. He created a mechanical means to de-husk wheat, which up until then had to go through a labour intensive process..

The mechanical de-husking device was put into good affect and the farmer was so pleased with this device, that he gave Bell and his brother, who helped out with the invention, their very own workshop, where they could let their imagination run wild, and come up with and try out more new inventions.

The speaking head – Although not strictly speaking their own invention, they did improve upon the original. Bell and his brother successfully constructed a speaking automaton head. Bell had acquired a manual written in German, which were the works of one Baron Wolfgang Von Kempelen. Kempelen had made a study of automata and placed all his findings in the manual. Bell and his brother, took this information and with improvements, successfully constructed a fully working automaton head. The head consisted of all the majoy parts, including larynx and throat. To make is work, they made adjustments to the lips which depending on the form the lips take, resulted in different sounds, when one of the brother used a bellows to send air through the windpipe.

That wraps up this write on Alexander Graham Bell. As you can see he had always been an inquisitive type, ever since childhood building things and running experiments, along with his brother.