The History of the Phone

By 19wangts3

  • Bells Signing

    Bells Signing
    Bell signs and notarizes his patent application for the telephone.

  • The Patent

    The Patent
    Bell's U.S. patent No. 174,465 for the telephone is granted.

  • The Invention of the Telephone

    The Invention of the Telephone
    They were spoken by Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, when he made the first call on March 10, 1876, to his assistant, Thomas Watson: "Mr. Watson,come here,I want to see you."

  • The Invention is Published

    The Invention is Published
    The Scientific American publishes the invention from Bell - at that time still without a ringer.

  • Phone Lines

    (Date not exact)
    First Long Distance Telephone Line

  • The First Phone Company

    The first commercial telephone company enters telephone business in Friedrichsberg close to Berlin using the Siemens pipe as ringer and telephone devices build by Siemens.

  • Transmitter

    (Date not exact)
    Emile Berliner invented the telephone transmitter

  • Commercial Exchange

    The first commercial US telephone exchange opened in New Haven, Connecticut.

  • Switchboard

    (Date not exact)
    Tivadar Puskás introduced the multiplex switchboard.

  • Long Distance Phone Call

    First U.S. coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call, ceremonially inaugurated by A.G. Bell in New York City and his former assistant Thomas Augustus Watson in San Francisco, California.