Essay Archive - The Telephone
The Telephone
About 100 years ago, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone by
accident with his assistant Mr. Watson. Over many years, the modern version of
the telephone makes the one that Bell invented look like a piece of junk.
Developments in tone dialing, call tracing, music on hold, and electronic
ringers have greatly changed the telephone.
This marvelous invention allows us to communicate with the entire globe
24 hours a day just by punching in a simple telephone number. It is the most
used piece of electronic apparatus in the world. It is pr....
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