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Autobiography of a telephone

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Alexander Graham Bell, (born March 3, 1847, Edinburgh, Scotland—died August 2, 1922, Beinn Bhreagh, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada), Scottish-born American inventor, scientist, and teacher of the deaf whose foremost accomplishments were the invention of the telephone (1876) and the refinement of the phonograph (1886).

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Overview of the invention of the telephone, with a focus on the work by Alexander Graham Bell.

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Alexander (“Graham” was not added until he was 11) was born to Alexander Melville Bell and Eliza Grace Symonds. His mother was almost deaf, and his father taught elocution to the deaf, influencing Alexander’s later career choice as teacher of the deaf. At age 11 he entered the Royal High School at Edinburgh, but he did not enjoy the compulsory curriculum, and he left school at age 15 without graduating. In 1865 the family moved to London. Alexander passed the entrance examinations for University College London in June 1868 and matriculated there in the autumn. However, he did not complete his studies, because in 1870 the Bell family moved again, this time immigrating to Canada after the deaths of Bell’s younger brother Edward in 1867 and older brother Melville in 1870, both of tuberculosis. The family settled in Brantford, Ontario, but in April 1871 Alexander moved to Boston, where he taught at the Boston School for Deaf Mutes. He also taught at the Clarke School for the Deaf in Northampton, Massachusetts, and at the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut.

Alexander Graham Bell, who patented the telephone in 1876, inaugurating the 1,520-km (944-mile) telephone link between New York City and Chicago on October 18, 1892.

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Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell, each independently, designed devices that could transmit speech electrically. Gray’s…

One of Bell’s students was Mabel Hubbard, daughter of Gardiner Greene Hubbard, a founder of the Clarke School. Mabel had become deaf at age five as a result of a near-fatal bout of scarlet fever. Bell began working with her in 1873, when she was 15 years old. Despite a 10-year age difference, they fell in love and were married on July 11, 1877. They had four children, Elsie (1878–1964), Marian (1880–1962), and two sons w

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The device was invented by Alexander Graham Bell, and is today used by almost everyone across the globe.

• The autobiography of the telephone will be -

                                            The telephone

1. It has proven to be a very practical invention and is no longer considered a luxury. It is, now a need and in cities, or villages, the number of individuals using telephones is growing.
2. Telephone exchanges serve as relay points for calls between two phones. Public telephones are available for individuals who do not have a phone.
3.  They are not merely for social connection, but necessary for corporate growth. It facilitates order placing, questions, information exchanges ticket bookings, payment requests, and so on.
4. When it comes to exchanging information, telephones are quite convenient. They save time, energy, and labour by not having to go out and get information on their own.
5. They remain a lifesaver in an emergency. It is stated that a telephone may practically save a life in an emergency.