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Science history: First two-way phone call across outdoor lines made by Alexander Graham Bell — Oct. 9, 1876
On Oct. 9, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone call to his assistant a few miles away — the first demonstration of what would ultimately become a global telephone network.
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How the world's first phone call paved way for satellite networks of future
The story of the first phone call and how it sparked the technologies that connect billions of people every day.
As Peter Amstein squeezes through a warren of equipment racks draped with wire and crammed with whirring machines, he offers a cheerful warning. "There are exposed electrical terminals, probably ...
The first telephone received its patent in 1876 and was constructed just two years later by Alexander Graham Bell. Ever since ...
ONTONAGON, Mich. (WILX) - On this day in 1879, Michigan’s first independent telephone company was formed. The Ontonagon ...
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