History of the Telephone

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  • Telephone Patent

    Telephone Patent

    sourceIn 1870, Alexander Graham Bell got a patent on the telephone. Another person, named Elisha Gray, was going to get a patent, but Alexander Graham Bell did it first.
  • First Used

    First Used

    [source](wiki.answers.com/Q/When_was_the_telephone_invented)On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell said the firstgwords in the telephone. He said, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
  • Carbon Telephone

    Carbon Telephone

    sourceIn 1877 Thomas Edison had a competiotion with Graham Bell. He made the Carbon telephone in 1878.
  • Yellow Pages

    Yellow Pages

    [source](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_pages) Loren M. Berry invented the telephone directory, yellow pages. It was invented in 1886.
  • Ground to Air Phone

    Ground to Air Phone

    sourceIn 1917 the first ground to air telephone was invented. You can also do air to ground.
  • Fax Telephone

    Fax Telephone

    sourceIn 1918 H. Nyquist began investigating how to make a fax telephone. In 1924 he invented AT&T's fax machine.
  • Mobile Phone

    Mobile Phone

    sourceTwo men worked for more than a decade. Finally in 1946 they created the first mobile phone.
  • Dial Phone

    Dial Phone

    sourceThe first dial phone was created in 1951. The first people to use them were the mayors.
  • First Cellphone

    First Cellphone

    sourceMartin Cooper invented the cellphone. He made the first cellphone to call his rival Joe Engel of AT&T Bell Labs.
  • Caller ID

    Caller ID

    [source](turtledove.wikia.com/wiki/caller_ID)In 1995 Caller ID was invented. It was invented by Theodore George Paraskevakos.