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Before Alexander Graham Bell

July 31, 2023 – 8:27 am

The term telephone was adopted into the vocabulary of many languages. It is derived from the Greek: τῆλε, tēle, “far” and φωνή, phōnē, “voice”, together meaning “distant voice” according to Wikipedia. Prior 10 March 1876 when Alexander Graham Bell called out over his invention, the liquid transmitter, to his assistant, “Mr. Watson, come here, I […]

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The Last Words On A Landline Phone

July 26, 2021 – 12:44 pm

Some eleven years after the end of the American Civil War, Alexander Graham Bell uttered the first words over a telephone in 1876 to his assistant. “Mr. Watson – come here – I want to see you.” Since then millions of trillions of words have been spoke over landlines, however since the advent of cellular […]

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The First Words On A Telephone

July 23, 2021 – 10:40 am

On March 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell said the first words on a telephone to his assistant, Thomas Watson, “Mr. Watson–come here–I want to see you.” Five years later the native of Salem Massachusetts resigned his position with Bell to farm stones in East Braintree, then became a successful Shakespearean actor until founding the Fore […]

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