Who invented phones?

A telephone is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly.

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Who invented the original phone?

Both Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray submitted independent patent applications concerning telephones to the patent office in Washington on February 14, 1876.
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Who invented phone first and when?

Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for the invention of the telephone in 1876. Elisha Gray, 1876, designed a telephone using a water microphone in Highland Park, Illinois.
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Who almost invented the phone?

Antonio Meucci was granted fourteen patents for other inventions, which leads me to question the reasons that Meucci did not file a patent application for his telephone, when patents were granted to him in 1872, 1873, 1875, and 1876. Author Tom Farley says, "Like Gray, Meucci claims Bell stole his ideas.
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Who invented computer?

The first computer was invented by Charles Babbage (1822) but was not built until 1991! Alan Turing invented computer science. The ENIAC (1945) was the first electronic general-purpose digital computer, it filled a room.
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Did Alexander Graham Bell steal the phone?

The theory that Alexander Graham Bell stole the idea of the telephone rests on the similarity between drawings of liquid transmitters in his lab notebook of March 1876 to those of Gray's patent caveat of the previous month.
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Who invented Internet?

Computer scientists Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn are credited with inventing the Internet communication protocols we use today and the system referred to as the Internet.
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When was the 1st phone invented?

On 7 March 1876, Bell was granted US patent 174465A, for a method of transmitting speech by telegraphy—the telephone.
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Who invented touch screen phone?

The tech company IBM is widely credited with developing the world's first smartphone – the bulky but rather cutely named Simon. It went on sale in 1994 and featured a touchscreen, email capability and a handful of built-in apps, including a calculator and a sketch pad.
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What was the first phone number?

Let's break it down: The Pennsylvania Hotel was located nearest the Pennsylvania telephone exchange, or PE, named for Penn Station in New York City. So, to reach the hotel in the 1930s, people would dial PE6-5000 or 736-5000, swapping in numbers for letters.
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Who invented school?

Horace Mann invented school and what is today the United States' modern school system. Horace was born in 1796 in Massachusetts and became the Secretary of Education in Massachusettes where he championed an organized and set curriculum of core knowledge for each student.
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Did a Black man invent the telephone?

In the 1800s Alexander Graham Bell hired Lewis Latimer, a Black inventor and skilled patent illustrator. Latimer helped bring Bell's ideas to life, crafting the world's first patent drawings of the telephone.
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Who did Alexander Graham Bell call?

On March 7, 1876, Bell was granted his telephone patent. A few days later, he made the first-ever telephone call to Watson, allegedly uttering the now-famous phrase, “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.”
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Who invented walking?

Homo erectus was the first to have the long legs and shorter arms that would have made it possible to walk, run and move about Earth's landscapes as we do today.
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Who invented homework?

Roberto Nevelis of Venice, Italy, is often credited with having invented homework in 1095—or 1905, depending on your sources.
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Why do we say hello on phone?

The dictionary says it was Thomas Edison who put hello into common usage. He urged the people who used his phone to say "hello" when answering. His rival, Alexander Graham Bell, thought the better word was "ahoy."
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Did Thomas Edison invent the telephone?

It was Alexander Graham Bell who patented the telephone in 1876. But Edison, with his knack for building upon others' innovations, found a way to improve Bell's transmitter, which was limited in how far apart phones could be by weak electrical current.
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Did an Italian invent the phone?

Antonio Meucci, an Italian immigrant, began developing the design of a talking telegraph or telephone in 1849.
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Who invented fan?

The first electric fan was created by Dr. Schuyler Skaats Wheeler in 1886. It was a small, two-blade personal desk fan that was DC powered. Made of brass and loved by all who worked inside in the summer, the fan was modern, effective, and dangerous as there was no cage surrounding the blades.
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Who invented exams?

Henry Fischel, an American businessman and philanthropist, was the first person who invented exams, and Imperial Examination was the first exam conducted in China.
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