Alexander Graham Bell Quotes


It is a neck-and-neck race between Mr. Gray and myself who shall complete our apparatus first. He has the advantage over me in being a practical electrician - but I have reason to believe that I am better acquainted with the phenomena of sound than he is - so that I have an advantage there.


Citations

Bell, Alexander Graham. Letter to Alexander Melville Bell and Eliza Symonds Bell, 14 Aug. 1875. Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.

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Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
  • Born: March 3, 1847
  • Died: August 2, 1922
  • Nationality: Scottish
  • Profession: Inventor, Scientist, Engineer, Professor a Teacher Deaf 

Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.