Alexander Graham Bell

By ztgrmsel

  • Alexander Graham Bell's Birth

    Alexander Bell was born on March 3 1847 in Edinburgh Scotland. Alexander had 2 siblings, his older brother, Melville James bell, and his younger brother,Charles Edward Bell.

  • The Harmonic Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell made the harmonic telephone so that he could send multiple numbers of telegraph messages over a single pair of wires. The idea intrigued him so much that he immediately started experimenting in 1872.

  • The Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone changed the world by allowing people to communicate from across the world without traveling. This invention was world changing and was changed into a cell phone on April 3 1973 by Martin Cooper.

  • The AudioMeter

    Alexander Graham Bell's desire to invent the audiometer was driven to help people who had hearing loss. He had a personal connection to hearing loss because both his mother and wife were both deaf. He believed that by measuring a person's hearing ability, he could better understand and treat hearing problems.

  • The Metal Detector

    Alexander Graham Bell created the metal detector to detect where a bullet had hit US President James Garfield during an assassination attempt. This was an important invention because it was made to try to save the president’s life.

  • Alexander Graham Bell's Death

    Alexander Graham Bell died on August 2 1922 in Nova Scotia, Canada at the age of 75. Alexander Bell died because of diabetes.