In the year 1870 there came to America a young Scotchman from Edinburgh Scotland. His name was Alexander.
But before he left Scotland Alexander lived in London and met a man who invented a Speaking Machine. This was about the year 1886.
At age 16 he taught elocution.
When he was about age 22 he learned about Hermann von Helmholtz, a scientist in Germany who knew about sound waves and electricity. And the work of Helmholz inspired Alexander's ideas on electromagnetism and electricity,
When he was 23 years old he moved with his parents to Ontario Canada.
Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Scotland and died in Nova Scotia Canada in 1922. He became known as the inventor of the telephone.
"Come here, Mr Watson, I want to see you.' These intrinsically unexciting words marked the beginning of a communications revolution which continues today. They were spoken by Bell in one room to his assistant in the next, his words into a microphone [were] being changed into electric signals through a conducting wire which carried the signal to a receiving microphone and hence into intelligible sounds" -source website Travel Scotland
These were the first words spoken on a telephone.
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"Instantly he knew that the faint sound had been carried by electricity."
Read the page that tells the story about the Litte Workshop where Alexander worked with Mr. Watson.
The Canadian Encyclopedia says much more about Alexander Graham Bell
What is elocution ?
Elocution is a particular way of speaking. It is a skill in using clear speech with expression, articulation and correct pronunciation of words.
