The 1800's was a time for advancement. Many of these advancements have made our life's today easier. The telephone was the most important invention of the 1800's. the telephone was invented in the 1870's by Alexander Graham bell. By inventing the telephone Alexander changed the way people live.
In 1876, at the age of 29, Alexander Graham Bell invented his telephone. In 1877, he formed the Bell Telephone Company, and that same year married Mabel Hubbard.
The telephone was historically invented by Alexander Bell the 1870's. However their were two inventors. Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell both independently designed devices that could transmit speech electrically. Both men rushed their designs to the patent office within hours of each other, Alexander Graham Bell patented his telephone first. Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell entered into a huge and very publicized legal battle over the invention of the telephone, which Bell won. Bell's success was achieved on March 10, 1876, was the birth of the telephone. Alexander also taught the deaf.
Today the telephone has many uses. The telephone is more widely used for pleasure. Many children talk on the telephone everyday. Many families have more then phone line. But the telephone is also used in a emergency situation's. therefore help could be sent right away. Before the telephone when a emergency happened the people would either have to take care of their self's or run to the nearest town for help. Before the telephone was invented communication was hard and not very accessible. Most people wrote letters, sometimes the letters would never arrive to their destination or they could be months even years late. When letters were written relatives or friends would ask questions and the person who received the letter would write the answers between the letters and would send to somebody else, eventually the letters would reach the person who had asked the question.
