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Science history: First two-way phone call across outdoor lines made by Alexander Graham Bell — Oct. 9, 1876

On the afternoon of Oct. 9, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was in Boston when he had a three-hour chat with his assistant and fellow inventor, Thomas Watson. It would not have been noteworthy — except ...
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Home of Early Bell Telephone Investor Thomas Sanders Receives Historic Marker

A handsome historic marker, commemorating where the first regular telephone call was accepted by Haverhill leather magnate ...
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Which Was the First Phone in the World?

First Phone in the World: The first phone in the world was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. This groundbreaking invention allowed human voice to travel through electrical signals for the ...
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Alexander Graham Bell letter to L.T. Stanley, dated Boston University, Beacon St., 12 November 1875

Autograph letter signed, handwritten in black ink on lined paper. Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator who is credited with inventing and patenting ...
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Alexander Graham Bell Is Appointed Smithsonian Regent

In 1904 Bell traveled to Genoa, Italy, to bring James Smithson's remains to the Smithsonian, the Institution he founded through his bequest. United States Statutes at Large, Volume 733, Washington, ...