History Of The Telephone

Today, pretty much every, single household has a telephone. We take that for

granted. About 130 years ago, nobody ever thought that something like this would

become so useful, and so widely used. The idea of a telephone was first uncovered in

1874. Two years later, the idea became a reality. A brilliant man by the name of

Alexander Graham Bell invented this wonderful contraption. Modern day telephones

are now quite small, but when first invented, the telephone was rather large. The

actual design of the telephone was designed by Bell's partner, Thomas Watson.

After several tries, success finally came. The very first words spoken through a

telephone were uttered by Alexander Graham Bell himself to Watson, "Mr. Watson,

come here, I want you." At the time this was said, Watson was in another room.

Though that doesn't seem that great now, think of how much it has a evolved

through the years.

As time progressed, the telephone was improved little by little. Eventually the

Bell Telephone Company was created. Not a large amount of people had phones,

but the customers grew over time. This affected that time greatly because it was

much faster to communicate to other people who did have access to the telephone.

Today,