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Alexander Graham Bell
Telephone
- Do you know what Alexander Graham Bell is famous
for? Of course, the telephone!
- His invention of the telephone grew out
of his research of ways to improve the telegraph. After obtaining the
patent for the telephone, Bell continued his many experiments in
communication, and now holds over 20 patents.
- His patents include the photophone, phonograph, aerial vehicles, hydroairplanes, and a selenium
cell. Even though he was not born in Canada, many of his greatest
scientific discoveries were made on Canadian soil.
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