Alexander Graham Bell (On My Own Biographies) by Victoria Sherrow

By Victoria Sherrow

Growing to be up, Alexander Graham Bell used to be fascinated about tune, speech, and sounds. He labored challenging to invent issues that will not just aid people with impaired listening to, but in addition convey humans jointly in new and detailed methods. What he did not recognize used to be that his uncomplicated idea--to aid humans communicate--would swap the area whilst he invented the phone.

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Exciting Sounds June 2, 1875 One evening, Aleck and Watson were working in the shop. Watson was working on the transmitter in one room. Aleck was working on the receiver in another. Suddenly, Aleck heard a weak musical noise. He ran toward Watson. 38 “What did you do, Mr. ” he asked. “Don’t change a thing. ” Watson said the transmitter had jammed. He had tried to f ix it. He had moved the part that was stuck, and a “twang” sound came over the wire. 39 40 Aleck and Watson tried sending the sound over and over again.

Aleck stopped teaching for a while. The two men worked harder than ever. ” March 10, 1876 Aleck and Watson were hard at work. Watson was downstairs working on a receiver. Aleck was upstairs. He was working with the transmitter. 42 A pile of tools, wires, and battery acid surrounded him. Suddenly, Aleck spilled some acid. The acid burned. Aleck cried out, “Mr. Watson, come here! ” He forgot that Watson was too far away to hear him. 43 To Aleck’s surprise, Watson came running upstairs. He burst into the room.

They built new kinds of transmitters. Transmitters send a message. They tried different receivers. Receivers receive messages. Nothing worked. Exciting Sounds June 2, 1875 One evening, Aleck and Watson were working in the shop. Watson was working on the transmitter in one room. Aleck was working on the receiver in another. Suddenly, Aleck heard a weak musical noise. He ran toward Watson. 38 “What did you do, Mr. ” he asked. “Don’t change a thing. ” Watson said the transmitter had jammed. He had tried to f ix it.

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