Alexander Graham Bell timeline

  • Birth

    Birth

    He was born in 1847. He wasn't born in a hospital, he was born at home.
  • His first invention

    His first invention

    The dehusking machine that got shells off of seeds.And made it easyer to carve coconuts.
  • The telephone

    The telephone

    It used to be one wire. It had two parts: the transmitter and the receiver. The telephone was made so people can talk to others far away.
  • When he got married

    When he got married

    His wife is deaf which made it so he wanted to help deaf people.And it lead him to make some of his famous inventions.
  • Metal detector

    Metal detector

    Metal detectors are used in hospitals to detect metal weapons on a person's body. It was made to get a bullet out of the president's body.
  • Graphone

    Graphone

    They were convinced that making a better phonograph would make them more money. Especially one that could capture more clearly the speaking voice for business use.
    It was made for playing music.
  • Death

    Death

    Two days after his death for one minute every single phone in the U.S.A went silent to honor his death.