Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Old telephone made of copper Phones are integral to the everyday lives of most people, but who should be regarded as the device's ...

A 1900s advertisement from the New York Telephone Company touted the Bell Telephone as a way to maintain social relationships with people who were in quarantine due to illness. In May 2020, as much of ...

Though Joseph Henry earned his fame as the first director of the Smithsonian Institute, he was in many ways the telephone's first and best advocate. Alexander Graham Bell himself said as much when he ...

The patent for the telephone turns 150 on March 7; the first call was made three days later on March 10, 1876. Here’s how many astronauts have gone to space and the moon The secret history of the ...

Though Joseph Henry earned his fame as the first director of the Smithsonian Institute, he was in many ways the telephone's first and best advocate. Alexander Graham Bell himself said as much when he ...

During a study of evolving telephone designs for our new book, my coauthor Russell A. Flinchum and I came across two of Pratt’s distinguished alumni who had connections to the Bell Telephone System.

Cincinnati was one of the first cities to have telephone service, just a year after Alexender Graham Bell introduced the new device. The company formerly known as Cincinnati Bell (now Altafiber) ...

The patent for the telephone turns 150 on March 7; the first call was made three days later on March 10, 1876. Related Articles Today in History: April 10, US table tennis team arrives in China for ...

The patent for the telephone turns 150 today, the first call was made three days later on March 10, 1876. Before the phone: One of the earliest ways to communicate outside of mail was the telegraph, ...