The History of Phones
History of Phones Phones have become extremely integrated into our society. At this point it is an expectation that every person over 16 has an I-Phone . Heck, even in Clarke you need your phone to RSVP and get into events. It makes you wonder; how did we even get here? How did it start? The telephone was first invented in 1849 by Antonio Meucci. However, he never successfully patented the invention. Later in 1854 Charles Boursel also made a primitive telephone . Eventually Alexander Graham Bell secured the patent for the telephone in 18 7 6. He also later won the US patent for the telephone and is also now widely considered to be the father of the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell's telephone was comprised of a transmitter and receiver . The transmitter was a cylinder with a needle that was connected to the receiver by wi re. What I found shocking was that while Graham Bell holds the first US patent for the p