Students will be able to explain how phones have changed over time. Alexander graham bell is back in the history books again after he made the first coasttocoast call by phone in january of 1915 to his assistant. Early telephones were wired directly to each other and could only talk to the phone that they were connected to. The history of verizon communications verizon communications inc. Students will learn about alexander graham bell and his invention of the telephone. It was the first longdistance call made in history from a landline. Those inventors were alexander graham bell and elisha gray. It has become the most widely used telecommunications device in the world, and billions of telephones are in use. We can convey important information quickly and efficiently, and now, with cell phones and smartphones, we can send important data, capture memories, and explore the internet, all from our mobile phone.
It was one of the most extraordinary incidents in the whole history of the telephone. May 15, 2012 a brief history of the telephone, from alexander graham bell to the iphone. Introduction on march 10, 1876, in boston, massachusetts, alexander graham bell invented the telephone. The history of the telephone by casson, herbert newton, 1869. Despite his myriad accomplishments as a scientist and inventor, he saw. The early history of the telephone became and still remains a confusing morass of claims and counterclaims, which were not clarified by the huge mass of lawsuits to resolve the patent claims of many individuals and commercial competitors. The telephone was the first device in history that enabled people to talk directly with each other across large distances. Many people during this time were working on a prototype and alexander bell was the first to file for a patent us patent number 174,465 on february 14, filing only two hours before another inventor, elisha gray. From satellite phone to cell phones to smart phones, it seems like mobile communication has just started to take off. The view is broad, covering many technologies, and many decades or even centuries of data, and thus is of necessity not very detailed.
At first, the telephone lines were separate lines that connected pairs of telephones. During the modern age, telephone is one of the most important inventions in the field of communications. A timeline video sharing the history of telephones for kids. As wikipedia describes it, the early history of the telephone became and still remains a confusing morass of claims and counterclaims. History of the telephone from the 1880s to current time. The origins of mobile communications in the mid1860s, the scottish mathematician james clerk maxwell produced a pair of equations whose solution predicted electromagnetic waves propagating at the speed of light.
Nov 29, 2016 a timeline video sharing the history of telephones for kids. Cell phones alone add up to more than 6 billion there are over 7 billion people in the world. The phone, which weighed about six pounds, was developed by martin cooper of motorola bell labs and motorola were the main competitors in the us. The first working telegraph was built by the english inventor francis ronalds in 1816 and used static electricity. The meaning and role of history in human development bill nasson encyclopedia of life support systems eolss but to interpret, to handle a rich variety of sources in order to draw out their general. The invention of the telephone was a major breakthrough in the late 1800s. During the 20th century the machines that made the connections were automated.
The telephone is inexpensive, is simple to operate, and offers its users an immediate, personal type of communication that cannot be obtained through any other medium. Long before the practice of vanity numbers, the first two, digits denoted the town or area. This is very complete resource on the history of the telephone covering alexander graham bell and elisha gray telephones from early models to todays digital cell phones and pagers. A few days later, he made the firstever telephone call to watson, allegedly uttering the nowfamous phrase, mr. A social history of the mobile telephone with a view of its future. Three million telephones are now scattered abroad in foreign countries. The telephone was actually discovered by bell accidentally in his attempts to improve the telegraph. An electromagnetic telegraph was created by baron schilling in 1832. The telephone came a long way since it was first developed in the late 1800s. In other words, each person that had a telephone could talk to one other telephone. But it wasnt until 1876 when a man named alexander graham bell, pictured on the previous page, patented the telephone and was allowed to start selling it.
The bell and edison patents, however, were commercially decisive. Humans have always wanted to communicate from afar. The first commercial telephone exchange was installed in 1878 and manual switching remained in use in many parts of the world until the 1940s. In 1804, spanish polymath and scientist francisco salva campillo constructed an electrochemical telegraph. The curious history of the book that everyone uses but no one reads. Telephone comes from the greek word tele, meaning from afar, and phone, meaning voice or voiced sound. Student learning objectives i will be able to name who invented the telephone and say why that. The history of the telephone lesson plan template and teaching resources. The history of the telephone 10th edition by herbert n.
Alexander graham bell is credited with inventing the telephone in 1876. Later, telephone exchanges allowed connecting to other telephones. Both devices were registered at the patent office within hours of each other. In the history of the telephone you will see how much of a fight bell and his associates had on their hands to prove the telephone could be useful and wasnt just a parlor trick. Pdf created with fineprint pdffactory pro trial version.
The essential elements of a telephone are a microphone transmitter. Alexander graham bell the first call was made on march 10th 1876. The history of communications and its implications for the. History of mobile telephony university of kentucky. The history of the telephone is an amazing timeline of experimentation and discovery.
Telephones rapidly became indispensable to businesses, government and households. From alexander graham bell to the iphone 6 the history of the telephone in five objects duration. This history is confounded further by the fact that these inventors would later file lawsuits against each other. Alexander graham bell was the first person to patent the telephone, in 1876.
Very much like the twosoupcan toys you made as a child, hooke found that sound could be sent over a wire or string from a mouthpiece on one side to an earpiece on the other. People have used smoke signals, mirrors, jungle drums, carrier pigeons and semaphores to get a message from one point to another. Claims led to counterclaims and lawsuits failed to clarify who exactly invented what. This is a simple powerpoint with pictures of telephones through the. The history of the telephone by herbert newton casson free. We now take for granted that we can call anyone, anytime and anywhere, and have moved on to ask whether such a call would be safe while driving, or socially acceptable in public places. The picture below, from over 100 years ago, shows alexander graham bell using one of his first telephones to make a call from new york to. The next step, if there was to be any degree of uniformity, was plainly to buy and consolidate these six companies. The telegraph was a highly successful system with its dotanddash morse code, but it was basically limited to receiving and sending one message at a time.
It is a disruptive technology that had made other means of communication become obsolete. Antonio meuccis invention of the telephone not alexander graham bells as many have been taught in 1871 began the era of telecommunication and marked the start of the telephone timeline that continues to grow to this day. Early telephone development in 1729 english chemist stephen gray transmitted. I personally learned a lot from this book which was written while many of the people who were involved with the early days of the telephone were still alive. The candlestick or upright desk phone, very popular in the early 1900s, had many. Three million telephones are now scattered abroad in foreign countries, and seven millions are massed here, in the land of its birth. Many people during this time were working on a prototype and alexander bell was the first. Dreyfuss created what many consider to be the first modern telephone.
The curious history of the book that everyone uses but no one reads shea, ammon on. The following year, telephone service between boston and providence, rhode island, had been established. Further, mobile history is not just a study of the telephone, the handset itself, but a look at the wireless system it is connected to. An early history of the telephone 16641866 by daniel p mcveigh with a telegraph placed in madrid and servants waiting in aranjuez, spain holding live wires ready to receive the electric sock, an insensitive francisco salva deploys a cruel but effective communications system.
Pdf a social history of the mobile telephone with a view. Like many inventions, the telephone was likely thought of many years before it was invented, and by many people. Mobile telephone history tom farley tom farley is a freelance telecom writer this article describes how mobile telephones, for decades a near dormant technology, became the dynamic and perhaps most important communication tool of our lives. Not all the summer gowns of that year presented more styles and fancies. So entirely has the telephone outgrown the ridicule with which, as many people can well remember, it was first received, that it is now in most places taken for. A brief history of the telephone, from alexander graham bell to the iphone. Students will be able to name who invented the telephone and say why that invention. The history of the telephone by herbert newton casson. First north american transcontinental telephone calling. Nowadays, it has played an irreplaceable role in our daily life but not many people know about the origin and history of telephone. This article describes the modern telephone s components and traces its historical development. Unlike most history of business books, its not primarily a boardroom drama and, although it has an overallpositive view of ma bell, its willing to look at at least some of its faults. The history of the telephone student version census. Had it not been taken, the telephone business would have been torn into fragments by the civil wars between rival inventors.
The history of the telephone teacher version census bureau. Bell invented the phone because he wanted a way to communicate with people instead of writing letters. The scottishborn bell worked in london with his father, melville bell, who developed visible speech, a written system used to teach speaking to the deaf. As i was reading the history of the telephone, i couldnt help but thinking about the parallels between modern day communication and how it compares to the technology at the time that the book was written. Service between new york and chicago started in 1892, and between new york and boston in 1894. The telephone girl was therefore a popular profession for several decades. Students will be able to name who invented the telephone and say why that invention is important. In the 1870s, two inventors elisha gray and alexander graham bell both independently designed devices that could transmit speech electrically both men rushed their respective designs to the patent office within hours of each other. In this activity, students will learn about alexander graham bell and his invention of the telephone, understanding its impact on the u. The scottishborn bell worked in london with his father, melville bell, who. Each digit on the phone from 29 had three letters, and q and z were left off. The beginning the first person who invented the phone was alexander graham bell in the 1870s. Alexander graham bell, inventor of telephone, was born in edinburgh, scotland. The kyocera 6035 was significant for being the first smartphone to be paired with a major wireless data plan through verizon, while the treo 180 provided services via a gsm line and operating system that seamlessly integrated telephone, internet, and text messaging service.
Read the fulltext online edition of the history of the telephone 1922. On march 7, 1876, 29yearold alexander graham bell receives a patent for his revolutionary new inventionthe telephone. The history of the telephone teacher version subject level. In 2011, when the had ended, various editions became widely available in print, ebook, and pdf. The first telephone line was set up in boston in 1877.
Robert hooke created the first acoustic telephone in 1672. Alexander graham bell patents the telephone on march 7, 1876, 29yearold alexander graham bell receives a patent for his revolutionary new inventionthe telephone. Alexander graham bell is best known for his invention of the telephone, for which he received his first patent in 1876. Sometime during the last decade, the cell phone became ordinary. Without it, we would not have the mobile phones we walk around with today, and lots of other technology, such as the internet, would not be possible. This article describes the modern telephones components and traces its historical development. Alexander graham bell invented the telephone over 100 years ago. Unesco eolss sample chapters the meaning and role of history in human development history. The history of the telephone student version activity items there are no separate items for this activity. Alexander graham bell patents the telephone history.
In the 1960s, automatic systems were introduced, with significant advances. During the 1870s, two well known inventors both independently designed devices that could transmit sound along electrical cables. So entirely has the telephone outgrown the ridicule with which, as many people can well remember, it was first received, that it is now in most places taken for granted, as. The telephone emerged from the making and successive improvements of the electrical telegraph. There have been many changes to this form of communication and as of now, it seems like nothing is impossible. Bells claim to being the inventor of the first telephone had to be defended in court some 600 times. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The earliest mobile telephone systems were manual, in that calls in both directions were placed through a mobile operator a process still common on marine radio systems.
The history of the telephone herbert newton casson. Early history of mobile telephony that problem was solved with the first functioning cell system and first real cell phone call in 1973. Did you know that there are more telephones in the world than there are people. The goal of this work is to draw lessons from the history of communications. See the evolution of the phone in photos business insider.
Meucci, a brilliant italian inventor, filed the first oneyear renewable notice of an impending patent of the. Introduction this history of the telephone chronicles the development of the electrical telephone. Telephone history begins, perhaps, at the start of human history. By the end of 1880, there were 47,900 telephones in the united states.
The first telephone call was thus made, and bell was awarded a patent for the electric telephone in march of 1876. This, of course, did not come without controversy from other inventors who were also doing pioneering work on the early telephone. His mother, who was deaf, was a portrait painter and. The bell and edison patents, however, were commercially decisive, because they dominated telephone. Pdf on jan 1, 2011, leslie haddon and others published the telephone find, read and cite all. In 1910, the phone was still in its infancy much as the internet and computers are in their infancy today. Telephone, an instrument designed for the simultaneous transmission and reception of the human voice. The history of the telephone, by herbert newton casson 18691951 was published in 1910 by a.
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