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The Telephone Controversy
35:03 - 40:20 (05:17)
The controversy over who really invented the telephone and if Alexander Graham Bell stole the idea from Antonio Meucci, an Italian inventor, due to filing a preliminary patent in the US five years before Bell.
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Antonio Meucci, an Italian inventor, filed a preliminary patent for the "Teletrafono" in the US five years before Alexander Graham Bell filed his patent for the telephone.
35:03 - 38:38 (03:34)
Summary
Antonio Meucci, an Italian inventor, filed a preliminary patent for the "Teletrafono" in the US five years before Alexander Graham Bell filed his patent for the telephone. Meucci's supporters argue that Bell stole the idea from Meucci, who had been working on a device that was very telephone-like years before Bell's invention.
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Despite Alexander Graham Bell receiving a patent for the telephone, there are controversies surrounding whether or not he actually invented it, with some historians suggesting he may have stolen the idea from Elisha Gray.
38:38 - 40:20 (01:42)
Summary
Despite Alexander Graham Bell receiving a patent for the telephone, there are controversies surrounding whether or not he actually invented it, with some historians suggesting he may have stolen the idea from Elisha Gray.