Much of the early work leading up to this device's invention was carried out in the cellar of the house of the Sanders family, whose son the inventor privately tutored. The initial notoriety of this invention was due to Dom Pedro of Brazil's remarks after visiting its booth at an exhibition in Philadelphia. The Boston Times ridiculed it for giving "awful and irresponsible power…to the average mother-in-law." The patent rights to this invention were given as a wedding pre
Much of the early work leading up to this device's invention was carried out in the cellar of the house of the Sanders family, whose son the inventor privately tutored. The initial notoriety of this invention was due to Dom Pedro of Brazil's remarks after visiting its booth at an exhibition in Philadelphia. The Boston Times ridiculed it for giving "awful and irresponsible power…to the average mother-in-law." The patent rights to this invention were given as a wedding present to Mabel Hubbard after William Orton of Western Union famously (*) rejected an offer to buy them for $100,000. For 10 points, "Watson, come here, I need you" were the first words uttered over what device that electrically transmitted speech and was invented by Alexander Graham Bell?
Much of the early work leading up to this device's invention was carried out in the cellar of the house of the Sanders family, whose son the inventor privately tutored.
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