Invention

Perspective

“Thomas Watson is best known for working as Alexander Graham Bell's assistant during the development of the telephone (“NIHF Inductee Thomas Watson and the Telephone Invention").

Thomas A. Watson was hired by Alexander in 1875. Thomas would provide hands-on skills to make and operate the devices demonstrated by Alexander. Thomas over the years would develop improvements, including the ringer. Using Thomas’s innovations, Bell Telephone Company was able to improve service and expand.

The image shows who helped Alexander Graham Bell with the telephone, Elisha Gray. Elisha Gray signed and notarized the caveat that describes a telephone.

Event

“In the Great War just ended, telegraph, telephony, and radio played vital parts in winning our side the victory that is so decisive (Taltavall 307).

With the help of the telephone America was able to win the war. The telephone had a tube that would send vibrations to the other side and the people were able to receive the message from there. People would have to learn morse code to be able to know what the message is about or what it’s saying.

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