Development of the Telephone

By Aliviamartz
  • Voice Communication Gadgets

    Voice Communication Gadgets

    Johann Philipp Reis (Germany, 1861), with voice communication gadgets
  • Bell files his patent application

    Bell files his patent application

    Alexander Graham Bell receiving the first U.S. patent in 1876 and making the first famous telephone call to his assistant.
  • First Telephone made

    First Telephone made

    There were several inventors involved in the development of the telephone, with Alexander Graham Bell making the first famous telephone call to his assistant, Thomas Watson, in Boston.
  • First time the Telephone was used

    First time the Telephone was used

    Alexander Graham Bell's first vocal transmission was "Mr. Watson, come here."
  • The Bell Telephone Company is established

    The Bell Telephone Company is established

    The Bell Telephone Company was founded on July 9, 1877, in Boston by Alexander Graham Bell, his father-in-law Gardiner Hubbard, financier Thomas Sanders, and Thomas Watson, primarily to license and hold patents for the new telephone, evolving into the massive ATT system.
  • Rapid Growth

    Rapid Growth

    The telephone, patented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, was quickly becoming a public utility, with thousands of phones already in use by the mid-1880s.
  • First automatic Telephone Dialer

    First automatic Telephone Dialer

    The first automatic telephone dialer was created by Almon Strowger (1891), as a remedy against operator discrimination.
  • New Designs

    New Designs

    The "candlestick" phone, with its separate mouthpiece and earpiece, became popular for sit-down use, a change from earlier wall-mounted models.