Alexander Graham Bell

(3 Maret 1847 - 1922)

(Telephone)

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Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) was the discoverer of America and teaching for the deaf, and he was known as the inventor of the telephone (telephone).

No how can formal education, but taught well by his family and taught himself, that's Happenings telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell who was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Interests Bell reproduce vowel sounds arise naturally because her father is an expert in vocal physiology, improve speech and teaching of the deaf.

Bell never been to Boston, the state of Massachusetts in 1871. It was there in 1875 he made experiments that led to the discovery of the phone. He collects patents to strengthen its discovery in February 1876 and received benefits a few weeks later. (It is interesting to note that another man named Elisha Gray also collect patent invention for strengthening of similar equipment on the day which coincided with what was done to Bell, the only difference a few hours only).

Shortly after the patent is received, the Bell telephone in the exhibition showing 100 years the city of Philadelphia. His discovery attracted great attention of the public and received an award for their work. However, The Western Union Telegraph Company that offers money of $ 100,000 for the discovery tool would not pay for it. Therefore, Bell and his friends, in July 1877, founded his own company, the ancestors of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company today. Tilpun quickly and achieve massive commercial success. This now AT & T is the largest business enterprise in the world.

Bell and his wife are in the month of March 1879 to hold 15 percent shares of the company apparently had no idea how that would be fantastic benefits received by the company. Within just seven months, they've sold most of their stock price averaged $ 250 per share. In November the price had shot up to $ 1000 per share! (In March it was the one who urged his wife to rush sale because he was worried about the stock price would not be as high as that again!) In 1881 they sold more rashly third of the remaining shares they have. Even so, yet in 1883 they were able to get benefits for about a million dollars.

Although the invention has been orbiting the Bell phone so wealthy, he never stopped to continue its investigation, and he managed to find again a variety of useful tools, though not nearly as important as the telephone. His interests varied, but its main purpose is to help the deaf. His own wife was deaf girl who trained himself. Four children, two men two girls were born thanks to the marriage but all four died young.1882, Bell became a citizen of the United States and died in 1922.