WASHINGTON, DC — Out of patent litigation paranoia, inventor Alexander Graham Bell donated copies of his devices and sound recordings directly to the Smithsonian. Volta Laboratory disc recording with ...
On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell, scientist, inventor and innovator, received the first patent for an “apparatus for transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically,” a device he called the ...
These days cellphones are basically extensions of our bodies, so it might be hard to imagine life without them. But the world’s first telephone call — or, more specifically, the first time a ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), ...