A late 19th century invention that greatly effects my everyday life would be the telephone. The telephone, invented by Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847, Edinburgh, Scotland - August 2, 1922, Baddek, Nova Scotia) invented the telephone (with Thomas Watson) in 1876. Bell also improved Thomas Edison's phonograph. Bell invented the multiple telegraph (1875), the hydroairplane, the photo-sensitive selenium cell (the photophone, a wireless phone, developed with Sumner Tainter), and new techniques for teaching the deaf to speak. Obviously Bell has improved life for the rest of us. Without a telephone, (or should I say cell phone), I wouldn't be able to carry out my daily routine. In today's society, communication is an important factor in almost every Americans life. The constant need for communication is growing, and Bell started it all.
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