Alexander Graham Bell and the Telephone
Samuel Willard Crompton
Hardcover
(Chelsea House Publishers, Aug. 16, 2009)
“Mr. Watson, come here, I need you.” These words were spoken by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, through his new invention, the telephone. Bell was not working in a vacuum or entirely on his own, there were a great many people experimenting with various designs for machines to enable human communication over great distances. Bill was simply the first to win a patent. Includes full-color and black and white photos, notes, bibliography, further reading section and index.