Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell


Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847.  As a child He took after his

grandfather who was an actor who entertained people with his voice.  Alexanders

mother, who was deaf,  would have people talk to her through her ear tube, which

amplifies speech by talking through a object that looked like a horn.  Alexander

choose to talk to his mother by speaking in low tones very close to her

forehead.  Alexander thought that his mother would be able to "hear" him by the

vibrations his voice put on her forehead.  Alexander at about the age of 14 and

his brother, Melville, created a contraption that had a fake mouth, tongue, and

lungs that you could force air out of.  This contraption could make human-like

sounds.  After this Alexander manipulated his dogs vocal cords and mouth to

change growls to words.  By the time Alexander was sixteen he was teaching music

at a boys boarding school.


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