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Period: to
Bell's Lifetime
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Bell was a teacher at 15 years old
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Filed for telephone patent
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First words over telephone
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Demonstrated telephone to public over 2 miles
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Western Union declined offer to keep phone patent
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Western Union now wanted phone patent; Bell refused
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Boston to NYC calls were made (215 miles)
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Over 150,000 phones were in the U.S.
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New York to Chicago phone line opened