History of the Telephone

  • The Quest Begins

    The Quest Begins
    Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray began on a quest to see who could create a devise when people can talk to each other.
  • The Progress of the Phone

    The Progress of the Phone
    Bell had progressed his research and informed his father in law.
  • Bell Experimenting

    Bell Experimenting
    Bell was experimenting with the harmonic telegraph and found out that you could hear through a wire.
  • Patents

    Patents
    Bell and Gray applied for a patent for a simalar idea. Bell got his patent before Gray.
  • The Invention of the Telephone

    The Invention of the Telephone
    Bell has succesfully invented the telephone. On this day the telegraph has vanished.
  • The First Switch Board

    The first switchboard was set up in Boston.
  • The first Telephone line

    The constuction of the first telephone line.
  • The First Telephone Exchange

    The first telephone exchange was established in New Haven.
  • Lots of Phones

    There were more than 47,900 telephones in the United States of America (U.S.A.).
  • Rights for the Switch Board

    Leroy Firman was the first person with the right for the telephone switch board.
  • The Switch

    Allan B. Strowger invented a switch that could connect to 100 linesusing relays and sliders.
  • Almon Stowger issued a Patent

    Almon Stowger issued a patent for the first automatic telephone exchange.
  • Telephone Service

    Telephone service between New York and Chicago.
  • The Stowger Switch Exchange

    The first exchange using the Stowger switch was in La Porte Indiana.
  • Boston and New York

    Telephone service between Boston and New York.
  • The Associate of Stowgers

    The associate invented a rotary dial which replaced the button.
  • The First Coast to Coast line

    The bell system completed the first coast to coast line from New York to San Fransisco.
  • Mobiles

    Mobile telephone began.
  • I Phone 3G

    The I Phone 3G came out by Apple.