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Electromagnetic Telegraph
Made by Carl F. Gauss and Ernst H. Weber. This is before the real telephone was invented. Exact date not known. -
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THE TELEPHONE
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A telegraph line
Samuel F.B. Morse demonstrates a telegraph line that runs through Baltimore, MD, and Washington DC.
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The "telephon"
Philipp Reis develops a type of instrument that is the first to transmit the spoken word.
Alexander Graham Bell is also credited with the original design of the telephone.
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Bell Telephone Company
It was formed by Gardiner Hubbard and it made telephones. By the end of 1877, there were 3,000 telephones in use.When Theodore Vail was Superintendant, he expanded the business from the New England area to the west. -
Transmission between major cities gets longer!
This was invented by the American Telephone and Telegraphompany's (AT&T) George Campbell and Columbia University's Michael Pupin.
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Number One!
The first transatlantic phone call is made. This was from London to New York -
APPLE
The Apple Company invents the IPhone!
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Android
The frist android phone, the HTC Dream startedto ship to people's houses -
One of the last!
Iowa Hill, CA is one of the last places in the US to get phone service.
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IPhone 5
The IPhone 5 was released from Apple. -
Prediction
I think in 2050 phones will be made of clay so you couid mold your cellphone into different shapes. You could even break your phone in half and it would still work. You would just have 2 phones. -
Citations
Information:
Works Cited
Coe, Lewis. "Timeline of the Telephone." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 29 Oct. 2012. Web. 01 Nov. 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Telephone.
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Works Cited
Bellis, Mary. "The History of the Telephone - Alexander Graham Bell." About.com Inventors. About.com, 2012. Web. 30 Oct. 2012. http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/telephone.htm.
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