Ive always thought that Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. Today I read the newspaper, and I guess that the US congress has passed a resolution declaring that american Antonio Meucci is the man who invented the telephone.
Now maybe this is canadian vs us, but really...Who invented the Telephone?
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Aug-10-2002 18:09
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Re: Who really invented the telephone?
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Originally posted by j_spot
Ive always thought that Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. Today I read the newspaper, and I guess that the US congress has passed a resolution declaring that american Antonio Meucci is the man who invented the telephone.
Now maybe this is canadian vs us, but really...Who invented the Telephone?
me thinx, the americans want it all to themselves, so they invent someone. same with the fact that, they dont say that the man who invented basketball was canadaian, but it was invented in MASS. *or wherever*
Aug-10-2002 18:11
Az
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I remember reading somewhere Alexander Bell stole the idea from his next door neighbour...and patented it 11 mins be4 the other guy....dirty rotten thief
Aug-10-2002 18:17
Spyder
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.... well seeing that i passed gr 5 soisal sience by doing a project on the phone.. last i checked.. it was Alexander Gramah bell... who was canadian and live in the staets.. for a bit..
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Aug-10-2002 18:24
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if i remember correctly, there were about 12 people who tried to patent it at the same time... and the trial went on for like 5 years or sumfn...
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Aug-10-2002 22:21
tu_face
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well alexander graham bell has the patent.. and at the end of the day thats what counts
Search a bit on the net and u ll see it was not graham bell... some other guy invented it but was without budget and then he died.. then bell came and started working at the same lab as the guy that invented the phone.. he made minor modiphications and patented it..
uh well my story isn't acurate, but it wasn't bell..
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Aug-11-2002 03:45
igottaknow
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who really knows? most inventions are built my many people off of prior ideas and technologies? No one really invents the wheel. For example who invented the internet, computer, car,... In the example of the car probably Henry Ford would get credit because he lead the industry and excelled at mass production. History is sort of a popularity contest and usually remembers the most flamboyant instead of the true inventor.
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Aug-11-2002 03:54
smcmulli
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alexander graham bell and antonio what ever did not invent the telephone..
the real man who invented the telephone was jesus LORD SAVE NAW'AHH!
Aug-11-2002 04:15
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Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Antonio Meucci didn't make it to the patent office before Alexander, therefore Alexander invented it.
Alexander had a summer home in Canada. He 'invented' it up here, but the closest patent office was in the U.S. where the patent was actually done.
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