If the parts of words could be transmitted, why not words and sentences? It was all a mistake, but a very fortunate one. (National Geographic 17) Bell's mind was set. Due to his knowledge of vowels traveling through the wire, his first step would be words.
"Alexander Graham Bell and Watson made their big breakthrough on March 10, 1876. Alexander Graham Bell was in the room with his latest transmitter, Watson in another room with a receiver. Alexander Graham Bell accidentally spilled acid on his pants and shouted into the mouthpiece, "Mr. Watson "Come here "I want to see you."" Seconds later, in raced Watson. He had heard Alexander Graham Bell's voice over the wire: Alexander Graham Bell had sent eh first telephone message. He celebrated by doing a Mohawk war dance."" (MacLeod 12) Due to their discovery, Alexander Graham Bell and Watson were made famous and their telephone became one of the greatest influences in our society.
"Over the following weeks, Bell and Watson made new designs and adjustments to improve the quality of the sound. For us today, Bell's early telephones would sound crackly, muffled and unclear. But at the time, the idea of hearing voices coming from a machine, rather than a person, seemed like a miracle. (Parker 19) Since Alexander Graham Bell first invented the phone, there have been many changes in the shape and size of the phone as well as the process of talking to someone on the phone.
"One of the most important women in Alexander Graham Bell's life was Mabel Hubbard. In 1863, when she was five, she became totally hearing impaired."" "When Mabel was 15, her father sent her to Boston's best vocal coach, Alexander Graham Bell."" "Alexander Graham Bell began to think of marriage. But he worried that he was too old to marry Mabel because he was ten years older that she. Mabel's parents thought she was too young to marry, too."" "Eventually Alexander Graham Bell won over Mabel's family, and in 1877 Alexander Graham Bell and Mabel were married.