"Alexander graham bell" Quotes from Famous Books
... given second place in the list of modern wonders. It is hard to realize that the telephone only dates back to 1875. It was during that year that Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant, Thomas A. Watson, were making experiments in a building in Boston. Mr. Watson was in the basement with an instrument trying without success to talk with Mr. Bell in the room above. Finally the latter made a little change ... — Birdseye Views of Far Lands • James T. Nichols
... by some of the men in the group, including Alexander Graham Bell, Admiral Peary, Henry A. Wise Wood, Henry Woodhouse, Albert B. Lambert, and Byron R. Newton, head of the Coast Guard and Life Saving Service. For years they had all made supreme but unavailing efforts to make Congress realize the value of an aeroplane reserve which could be employed every day for ... — The Conquest of America - A Romance of Disaster and Victory • Cleveland Moffett
... daughter of Alexander Graham Bell, has very kindly given me this wonderful letter ... — A Portrait of Old George Town • Grace Dunlop Ecker |