The Telephone and its Societal Impact
The telephone is one of the most important and revolutionary inventions of all time. However, with the improvement of telephones and the popularity of cell phones, the telephone is taken for granted. Many people today, especially children, do not understand how the telephone impacted society and how innovative it is. The goal of this report is to bring to light the historical significance and the effect it had on the world.
The beginning of the telephone, its inventor, and its patentor are highly debated topics. This is because many believe Alexander Graham Bell to be the sole inventor, however, in 1860, Antonio Meucci had a working prototype which he demonstrated in New York. This was 16 years before Bell applied for a patent. For many …show more content…
The telephone started to become more common, being locally powered in towns. The first telephone line was constructed in 1877. “Telephone line construction exploded with growth over the next few years. By 1880, there were 47,900 telephones across America. By 1881, telephone service between Boston and Providence had been established. By 1892, a telephone line had been constructed between New York and Chicago. By 1894, New York and Boston were connected” (Hur). Eventually, Bell’s telephone company would sell telephones across America, eventually reaching into Europe. This helped the telephone to become a phenomenon (Hur). The telephone is one of, if not the biggest accomplishments in communication. Before the telephone, the main way of communication was by telegraph or by letter. The telephone completely changed this transporting speech across far distances. It was much faster than the postal service, and did not require knowing how to understand or use morse code. Tom Kantain describes the biggest difference between the telephone and the
The telephone is one of the most important and revolutionary inventions of all time. However, with the improvement of telephones and the popularity of cell phones, the telephone is taken for granted. Many people today, especially children, do not understand how the telephone impacted society and how innovative it is. The goal of this report is to bring to light the historical significance and the effect it had on the world.
The beginning of the telephone, its inventor, and its patentor are highly debated topics. This is because many believe Alexander Graham Bell to be the sole inventor, however, in 1860, Antonio Meucci had a working prototype which he demonstrated in New York. This was 16 years before Bell applied for a patent. For many …show more content…
The telephone started to become more common, being locally powered in towns. The first telephone line was constructed in 1877. “Telephone line construction exploded with growth over the next few years. By 1880, there were 47,900 telephones across America. By 1881, telephone service between Boston and Providence had been established. By 1892, a telephone line had been constructed between New York and Chicago. By 1894, New York and Boston were connected” (Hur). Eventually, Bell’s telephone company would sell telephones across America, eventually reaching into Europe. This helped the telephone to become a phenomenon (Hur). The telephone is one of, if not the biggest accomplishments in communication. Before the telephone, the main way of communication was by telegraph or by letter. The telephone completely changed this transporting speech across far distances. It was much faster than the postal service, and did not require knowing how to understand or use morse code. Tom Kantain describes the biggest difference between the telephone and the