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Docslide - Us - The Telephone Explained PDF
explained.simply.effectively.
Introductory note
This is a presentation made for general knowledge and not
for academic reference. Please see source list for details on
quoted facts.
Contents
Definition of the telephone
A timeline
Telephone use
Smart phone explained
Source list
Definition
Telephone: An instrument that converts voice and other sound
signals into a form that can be transmitted to remote locations and
that receives and reconverts waves into sound signals.-
thefreedictionary.com
A timeline
After Alexander Graham Bell was granted the telephone patent in 1876, the telephone went onto form one of the most
researched technological developments in history.
The Plusnet Community blog has a list of the most significant dates mentioned in their post on Broadband and phone - a
look at Bell, the telephone and how far we've come:
1876: The telephone patent was granted to Alexander Bell, who made the worlds first telephone call to his assistant,
Thomas Watson. The pair celebrated by doing a victory dance in their rented rooms, leading their landlady to threaten them
with eviction.
1877: The construction of the worlds first telephone line (between Boston and Massachusetts) was completed. The first
switchboard was set up (in Boston).
1878: Bell set up his first telephone company, now known as AT&T. The first telephone book was published by the New
Haven District Telephone Company. The first telephone was installed in the White House by the President Rutherford B.
Hayes administration. The first outgoing call from the White House went to Alexander Bell, who was told by the President
to speak more slowly.
1880: By the end of this year, there were 47,900 telephones in the USA. Bell developed the Photophone establishing
himself as the father of fibre optic communication.
1882: The patent for the first telephone switchboard was granted to Leroy Firman.
1937: The first long distance phone lines were laid underground, instead of being strung between poles.
1964: The videotelephone was put into service for the first time between New York, Washington and Chicago. It
was not well used or received.
1970: Optical fibre was successfully developed by Corning Glass Works, 90 years after Bell invented the Photo
phone.
1971: The patent for the first computerised telephone exchange was granted to Erna Schneider Hoover of Bell
Labs.
1977: General Telephone and Electronics sent the first live telephone traffic through fibre optic cabling.
1982: The patent for Caller ID was granted to Carolyn Doughty of Bell Labs.