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"Did you know that Bell's amazing invention--the telephone--stemmed from his work on teaching the deaf? Both his mother and wife were deaf. Or, did you know that in later years he refused to have a telephone in his study? Bell's story will fascinate young readers interested in the early history of modern technology!"--
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Park Row Books
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English
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Ellen Lark is on the verge of marriage when she and her fiancé receive an unexpected visit from Alexander Graham Bell. Ellen is deaf and for a time she was Bell's student learning visible speech. During their lessons, Bell also confided in her about his dream of producing a device that would transmit the human voice along a wire: the telephone. Now, on the cusp of wealth and renown, Bell wants Ellen to speak up in support of his claim to the patent...
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Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Before anyone uttered the words, "Can you hear me now?, " into their handheld, wireless devices, a chain of events occurred that led Alexander Graham Bell to invent the telephone on March 10th, 1876. In this 2017 high-definition program, the significant events of Alexander Graham Bell's early life, the steps that led to his world-changing invention, his other interest and inventions, and his profound legacy are explored. Detailed graphics, diagrams,...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"An astonishingly revisionist biography of Alexander Graham Bell, telling the true-and troubling-story of the inventor of the telephone. We think of Alexander Graham Bell as the inventor of the telephone, but that's not how he saw his own career. Bell was an elocution teacher by profession. As the son of a deaf woman and, later, husband to another, his goal in life from adolescence was to teach the deaf to speak. Even his tinkering sprang from his...
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DK/Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"Experience the drama of scientific discovery! Alexander Graham Bell was determined to be the first to invent a transmitter that would carry a spoken message. With the help of Thomas Watson, Bell is about to transform we all communicate.The race is on, because Elisha Gray and other inventors are submitting patents, too"--
DK Reads The First Telephone is part of DK's three-level reading scheme helping kids learn how to read at home - and learn to...
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National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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A biography, with photographs and quotes from Bell himself, which follows this well known inventor from his childhood in Scotland through his life-long efforts to come up with ideas that would improve people's lives.
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