... was a painter and, despite partial deafness, a fine musician, a skill she passed on to Graham. (Fisher 3) "Grandfather Bell was born into a family of Scottish shoemakers in 1790. Dissatisfied with the shoe trade, he took up acting and studied literature, grammar, and speech. He became a superb elocutionist, or public speaker, and eventually taught speech."" ... Edison. "Thomas Edison became rich and world-famous. His accomplishments included improving the telegraph and inventing the light bulb, the phonograph, and early movie equipment. In 1882, Edison set up the world's first electricit...

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... , was founded on July 9, 1877. After inventing the telephone, Bell continued his experiments in communication. He invented the photophone -transmission of sound on a beam of light. Bell also invented techniques for teaching speech to the deaf. Alexander Graham Bell died in Baddek, Nova Scotia, on August 2, 1922. Telephones back in the 1900's were modern. People had to dial the number by spinning the receiver ... . Technology has grown quickly to upgrade the telephone. Today we just have to press a number instead of spinning. The telephones are way different. Telephones today, have speaker...

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