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    The telephone was needed to communicate with others at important times and at long distances quickly and cheaply. It also was used to talk with friends or family more often. The late 1800’s needed this invention because it was hard to get messages around the world so quickly before it. You also couldn’t see the faces of the person you were talking to, this was made possible after changes were made. There were many problems that came up though. A problem was that Bell made a telephone company…

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    Like any other great invention there was a small beginning idea to it. Alexander graham bell was a one of the major contributors to the creation of the telephone alongside Thomas A Watson. Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, scotland. As a child Bell was homeschooled and received one year of education in a private school, in addition he also received two years of education in Edinburgh’s Royal High School. Alexander G. Bell was not a very good academic student, yet showed promise in…

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    The Man , The Myth , The Legend! Alexander Graham Bell was an inventor from Scotland, but migrated to Canada, then finally settled in the United States.He got over 100 patents,one was for teaching a method to the deaf people to understand peoples voice , one was because of his greatest invention, the telephone! The telephone has made a big difference in the worlds communication. Also the telephone has made a big difference around the whole globe , including helping businesses , family members…

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    inventor was Alexander Graham Bell. Alexander Graham Bell was a scottish-born scientists and inventor that was known best for inventing the first working telephone in the year of 1876. He later founded the Bell telephone Company just a short year later. Even though he is greatest known for his invention of the telephone he is also known for many other great inventions. People wonder how he became the inventor of the telephone, where did it all start. Although Alexander Graham Bell is the main…

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    The Morse Code was invented by Samuel Morse in 1836. It was developed and worked on between 1830s and 1840s. The Morse code is a method of sending messages, that consist of sounds by telegraphs and radio operators. These messages are send through a wire or radio. This system is made up of a series of dashes, dots, short signals, long signals and spaces. These different signs all represent letters, numbers, punctuation marks and other types of symbols. This code was used by the military and…

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    Alexander Graham Bell was significant to the world because he created a faster and more efficient way of communication by inventing the telephone. Bell’s father, grandfather, and brother has all been associated with work on speech, and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell's life's work. At the age of twenty three, Alexander Graham Bell moved to Canada with his parents. His research on hearing and speech at Boston University further led him to experiences with…

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    which led to building skyscrapers, bridges, and trains. During the second half of the 19th century, there was another invention that helped businesses’ expand. This invention was the telephone and electricity. The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham…

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    by Alexander Graham Bell in 1874-1876. But the very first person to be able to convey sounds over a taut extended wire by mechanical vibrations was Robert Hooke in 1667 so it’s the culmination of work done by many individuals until Alexander Graham Bell created a telephone. The earlier development is when sound waves are carried as mechanical vibrations along the string or wire from one diaphragm to the other. A very good example is the tin can telephone. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell used…

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    AT & T Case Study

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    AT&T started in 1875 when Alexander Graham Bell invented the first talking telegraph. In 1876 and 1877 Bell got his patents on his telegraph. New Haven, CT was where the first telephone exchange existed in 1878 and this was operated under Bell Telephone. It took about three years for more telephone exchanges to open in most major cites in the United States. It was decided then to build a long distance telephone network and it started in New York and in 30 years is reached all the way to San…

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    The Miracle Worker, written by William Gibson, is a nonfiction play written in 1957. The play is based off of the life of Helen Keller, who was diagnosed being blind and deaf at a young age, due to an illness. When Helen was about the age of six, the Kellers higher a teacher named Anne Sullivan, who was hired to teach Helen language by Captain Keller. Having been blind before, Anne had much experience and motivation to teach Helen. After many surgeries, Anne was in fact able to see, just not…

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