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Mechanical acoustic devices
In the 19th century existed very simple mechanical acoustic devices that could transport voice over distance. -
First transmitter and receiver design.
Charles Bourseul publishes a design of a make-and-break telephone transmitter and receive draft, but he dind't construct the invention. -
Johann Philipp Reis
Johann Philipp Reis constructed the telephone design of Charles Bourseul and demonstrated that it worked -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison experiments with acoustic telegraphy. In November he built an electro-dynamic receiver.