If you asked someone who Alexander Graham Bell was they might tell you he invented the telephone, but is that all? Of course it's not. Bell was responsible for many of the modern conveniences we use every day. The telephone, photophone, tetrahedron, silver dart, hydrofoil, and the iron lung. .
Bell's photophone was derived from the Greek words meaning light and sound. His partner and attorney was Charles Sumner Tainter. The photophone paved the way for today's fiber optic technology and wireless phones. .
The tetrahedron was one of Bell's first flight experiments. He tried to build a structure that was light but strong enough to hold a man. This was the start of a flight revolution.
The Silver Dart was the last of the four aircrafts built by the AEA. With the help of the Wright brothers, Bell revolutionized aerial technology and changed the way of the skies forever. Because of his discoveries and breakthroughs we are able to go places with unimaginable speed and convenience. We can travel from country to country in a matter of hours. And we can even travel outside the atmosphere.
The Hydrofoil began with a need for a safe place for Bell to take off and land his flight models. He later insisted on using his hydrofoil to help detect submarines during the war in 1817. His hydrofoil could skim the top of the water much like a skitter bug which helped avoid mine fields in the water.
Alexander has improved life for the world in so many ways we can hardly count them all. Without him we wouldn't have the air conditioner (of which he designed out of a fan and a block of ice), or the idea of solar panels to heat houses. .
Alexander Graham Bell contributed so much to making life easier for everyone. From his first invention used to clean wheat when he was eleven to the world's fastest machine at the age of 75, Bell has made the world what it is today and made everyone's life a whole lot easier.
