On This Day February 14

Alexander Graham Bell filed his patent for a "telephone" (Greek for sound) on February 14, 1876. The inspiration for the device came when Bell was working to improve the telegram in Boston, Massachusetts. Bell filed his application for a patent knowing a rival, Elisha Gray was working on a similar project. A representative of Bell filed his patent for a "telephone" at New York Patent Office at 12.00 PM. The now forgotten Gray got there two hours later.

Alexander Graham Bell's telephone patent drawing, 

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