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Alexander Graham Bell

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  1. telegraph wire
    the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals
    One day while they were working Bell accidently heard the sound of a plucked reed * coming over the telegraph wire.
  2. telephone
    electronic equipment that transmits sound over distances
    At the wedding ceremony he gave her a gift of all but 10 shares of the stock in the newly formed company called Bell Telephone Company.
  3. invention
    the act of making something new
    He made parts and built models of Bell's inventions.
  4. transmit
    send from one person or place to another
    The next day he transmitted the famous words, "Mr. Watson, come here.
  5. phone
    electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
    A copy of the orginal
    Bell phone
    photo credit*

    Because Bell had the patent, he had the right to be the only one to produce telephones in the U.S. for the next 19 years.
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