Alexander Graham Bell

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Invented an "apparatus for transmitting sound by electricity" & "techniques for teaching speech to the deaf" (Alexander Graham) Bell $400 DJ THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAMER 2018-02-09 #7695
In 1871 he began giving instructions in "visible speech" at the Boston School for Deaf Mutes Alexander Graham Bell $800 DJ AMERICAN INVENTORS 2013-12-17 #6732
(Kareem Abdul-Jabar delivers the clue.) The son of slaves who taught himself to be a draftsman, Lewis Latimer drew the blueprints for this man's telephone patent, which won a patent race (Alexander Graham) Bell $400 DJ AFRICAN-AMERICAN INVENTORS 2012-10-05 #6450
In 1876 he patented the telephone (Alexander Graham) Bell $200 J INVENTORS 2012-06-15 #6400
His 1922 New York Times obituary mentions that his patent No. 174,465 "has been called the most valuable patent ever issued" Alexander Graham Bell FJ FOREIGN-BORN INVENTORS 2011-10-18 #6227
In March 1876 he received a patent for an apparatus for "transmitting vocal or other sounds" Alexander Graham Bell $1,200 DJ SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS 2003-09-22 #4376
In 1880 he invented the photophone, which transmitted speech via light waves (Alexander Graham) Bell $200 J INVENTORS 2002-02-07 #4019
At the Centennial Exposition in 1876, he was on call to introduce his new telephone Alexander Graham Bell $200 DJ SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS 2001-02-19 #3796
Among his many creations was an audiometer to detect vestigial hearing in the deaf Alexander Graham Bell $500 J INVENTIONS 1997-09-19 #3000
He found his assistant, electrician Tom Watson, in a store where he bought electrical supplies Alexander Graham Bell $200 DJ INVENTORS 1997-09-02 #2987
His father developed a phonetic "visible speech" system used for teaching the deaf Alexander Graham Bell $800 DJ INVENTORS 1997-07-01 #2972
With his 1886 wax recording cylinder, he could have made an answering machine for his phone Alexander Graham Bell $400 DJ INVENTORS 1997-01-14 #2852
This inventor's assistant, Thomas A. Watson, received a share in his business (Alexander Graham) Bell $200 DJ SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS 1995-06-08 #2494
In 1877 he sailed to Europe to introduce his new telephone Alexander Graham Bell $100 J INVENTORS 1995-01-16 #2391
Lord Kelvin called this man’s invention of the telephone "the most wonderful thing in America" Alexander Graham Bell $100 J INVENTORS 1994-12-16 #2370
This inventor founded an Association for the Deaf in 1890 & it was renamed in his honor in 1953 Alexander Graham Bell $600 DJ INVENTORS 1994-05-12 #2244
He & his wife are buried on an estate called Beinn Bhreagh on Canada's Cape Breton Island Alexander Graham Bell FJ INVENTORS 1994-01-20 #2164
When Helen Keller was 6, her parents took her to meet this inventor Alexander Graham Bell $300 J INVENTORS 1993-10-19 #2097
On March 7, 1876 he received Patent No. 174,465 for his invention of a telephone (Alexander Graham) Bell $200 DJ INVENTORS 1993-06-16 #2038
He also invented the photophone, a way to transmit sound via light Alexander Graham Bell $100 J SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS 1992-01-13 #1701
This 19th century inventor's father authored "Visible" to help teach the hearing-impaired to speak (Alexander Graham) Bell $1,000 DJ INVENTORS 1991-11-11 #1656
When donning your Walkman's earphones, remember he invented the 1st earphone in 1876 (Alexander Graham) Bell $200 J INVENTIONS 1991-05-07 #1552
A unit used to measure the intensity of sound is named after this inventor Alexander Graham Bell FJ INVENTORS 1988-12-08 #984
He sent musical notes over the wire months before his famous message to Watson Alexander Graham Bell $400 DJ INVENTIONS 1988-02-15 #801
To raise money to get married, he tried to sell his phone patent to Western Union Alexander Graham Bell $200 DJ INVENTORS 1986-01-31 #365
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