Alexander Graham Bell was named after his grandfather Alexander Melville Bell and they shared a close relationship in Graham's early age. Graham always had a curious mind for sounds and tunes and played the piano very well. He got lessons from one of the most advanced pianists in that time, Signor Auguste Benoit Bertini. His mother too was a great pianist (even though she was partly deaf) and encouraged Bell's talent. At this time, Bell loved to spend time with his older brother, and disected plants and animals to study them with him. Bell made his first device in his teen years out of animal parts such as the mouth, tongue, throat and lungs.
Alexander Graham Bell experimenting with his invention
Bell was so interested in inventing after his first invention. So, he kept experimenting when he finally invented "visible speech". This was basically symbols that showed deaf people how to position their mouth when speaking. People did not believe it worked and it was set up. But, when Bell asked the boys that were being tested to leave the room, he changed the mouth position to a sound, not a word, and they understood it perfectly. It was proof that it worked. This became very popular and became a teaching method on how to teach deaf people on how
Alexander Graham Bell
to speak.
After this, he then moved several times, from Ontario, Canada and then to Boston, America in his young adult years. Here, he met a man named Tom Watson who worked as an electrician. They became very good friends and work partners very quickly. Watson had the ability to draw plans and brainstorm ideas very quickly and accurately, while Bell had the ability to build and construct from the plans. They were a great and efficient 2 man team. The 2 men were racing against other inventors to invent the multiple telegraph (a machine that sends multiple messages at one time). They were almost there, but was stuck on a
Bell demonstrates how to use the first telephone
problem they had. The messages were all jumbled up, and were hard to understand. So, after a few minor changes, Alexander Graham Bell and Tom Watson went a step further. Sending messages in sentences and dramatically less waiting time. This was the telephone.
Alexander Graham Bell was named after his grandfather Alexander Melville Bell and they shared a close relationship in Graham's early age. Graham always had a curious mind for sounds and tunes and played the piano very well. He got lessons from one of the most advanced pianists in that time, Signor Auguste Benoit Bertini. His mother too was a great pianist (even though she was partly deaf) and encouraged Bell's talent. At this time, Bell loved to spend time with his older brother, and disected plants and animals to study them with him. Bell made his first device in his teen years out of animal parts such as the mouth, tongue, throat and lungs.
Bell was so interested in inventing after his first invention. So, he kept experimenting when he finally invented "visible speech". This was basically symbols that showed deaf people how to position their mouth when speaking. People did not believe it worked and it was set up. But, when Bell asked the boys that were being tested to leave the room, he changed the mouth position to a sound, not a word, and they understood it perfectly. It was proof that it worked. This became very popular and became a teaching method on how to teach deaf people on how
After this, he then moved several times, from Ontario, Canada and then to Boston, America in his young adult years. Here, he met a man named Tom Watson who worked as an electrician. They became very good friends and work partners very quickly. Watson had the ability to draw plans and brainstorm ideas very quickly and accurately, while Bell had the ability to build and construct from the plans. They were a great and efficient 2 man team. The 2 men were racing against other inventors to invent the multiple telegraph (a machine that sends multiple messages at one time). They were almost there, but was stuck on a