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Alexander Graham Bell

By kaylee.ernst

  • born

    born
    Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

  • telephone patent

    telephone patent
    On this day the Patent Office awarded Alexander Graham Bell with a patent for the telephone.

  • first wire converation

    first wire converation
    On this day Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson talked by telephone to each other over a two mile wire stretched between Cambridge and Boston.

  • photophone

    photophone
    On this day Bell's assistant transmitted a wireless voice telephone message a considerable distance, about 700 feet, 19 years before radio transmissions.

  • patent annulled

    patent annulled
    The U.S. Government moved to annul the patent issued to Alexander Graham Bell on the grounds of fraud and misrepresentation.

  • 3,400 mile wire

    3,400 mile wire
    Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson again talked to each other over a wire stretched from city to city but this time it was a 3,400 mile wire that stretched from New York to San Francisco.

  • hydrofoils

    hydrofoils
    They called their hydrofoil the HD-4. On September 9, 1919, the HD-4 set a world marine speed record of 70.86 mph, this record stood for ten years.

  • died

    died
    Alexander Graham Bell died at age 75 on August 2, 1922, in Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia. He died due to complications of diabetes.