Alexander Graham Bell timeline

  • birth

    birth

    He was born in 1847. He wasn't born in a hospital, he was born at home
  • his first invention

    his first invention

    The dehusking machine that got shells off of seeds.
  • The telephone

    The telephone

    It used to be one wire. It had two parts: the transmitter and the receiver. The telephone was made so people can talk to others far away.
  • When he got married

    When he got married

    His wife is deaf which made it so he wanted to help deaf people.
  • metal detector

    metal detector

    Metal detectors are used in hospitals to detect metal weapons on a person's body. It was made to get a bullet out of the president's body.
  • graphone

    graphone

    They were convinced that making a better phonograph would make them more money. Especially one that could capture more clearly the speaking voice for business use.
    It was made for playing music.
  • death

    death

    Two days after his death for one minute every single phone in the U.S.A went silent to honor his death.