Let’s dial back in time: Celebrating Alexander Graham Bell day

Alexander Graham Bell Receives His Patent

On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for his revolutionary new invention: the telephone. This is another master stroke for the scientific community of the day. While in Boston, Bell became very interested in the possibility of transmitting speech over wires. Samuel F.B. Morse’s invention of the telegraph in 1843 had made nearly instantaneous communication possible between two distant points. The drawback of the telegraph, ho…

Let’s dial back in time: Celebrating Alexander Graham Bell day

To honour the contributions of Alexander Graham Bell towards science and technology, March 7 is celebrated as Alexander Graham Bell Day.