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Examines the life and accomplishments of the speech teacher whose study of sound and the human voice led to his invention of the telephone.
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Juvenile literature, Biography, InventorsPlaces
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Alexander Graham Bell: father of modern communication
2000, Blackbirch Press
in English
- 1st US ed.
1567113346 9781567113341
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Table of Contents
Unsettled and anxious
Securing a dream
Rivals
Powerful rival
Decision time
Electric revolution
Dots and dashes
Pricey message
Boon to business
Migrants from Scotland
Children in a silent world
Family tragedy
Out of Father's shadow
To Canada
New life
Lure of Boston
Patient teacher
Wealthy ally
Sign versus speech
Spare-time scientist
Harmonic telgraph
Hubbard's plan
"Neck and neck race"
Breakthrough
Backing two horses
Engaged
How to change frequencies
Imitating the eardrum
Still a challenge
"Watson, come here"
Improvements and variations
Health problems
Fear of the telephone
Surprise for the emperor
"I hear, I hear"
Challenge of distance
News by telephone
Improvements
Greatest enemy
New Haven makes telephone history
"Sick of the telephone"
New challenges
Still misunderstood
Edison's improvement
New dial
Music by phone
Life in Washington
Need to invent
Light telephone
Looking back
Last tribute
Important dates.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index.
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