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The Telephone

  • 1979 BCE

    The mobile phone

    The mobile phone
    The mobile phone was invented at the Bell Telephones Laboraties in the USA.
  • 1896 BCE

    The first dial phone

    The first dial phone
    The first dial phone were used and by the 1920s, 'cradle' telephones were popular in Europe and the USA. Nowdays, many telephones circuits are conected by fibre-optic cables
  • 1879 BCE

    Bell's first telephones

    Bell's first telephones
    In 1860s and 1870s a lot of people like Johann Reis, Antonio Meucci.. were all trying out the first telephones, but in 1879 Bell's was the first patent. Bell's fist telephone had one combined mouthpiece and earpiece. When you spoke into the born the voice was comberted into electric signals which were carried along telephone wires.
  • 1879 BCE

    Separate mouthpiece phone

    Separate mouthpiece phone
    Thomas Edison made a telephone with a separate mouthpiece and earpiece and in 1880s, all telephone calls had to go through an operator.
  • 1793 BCE

    The Telegraph

    The Telegraph
    The telegraph was invented, and signals were first sent along wires. Nowdays, over one billion people send messages by mobile phone using communication satellites.