DeVry University
History of the telephone * Introduction
The telephone was one of the greatest American inventions. The telephone has developed from something that was not a necessity to something people must have. The telephone had many impacts on society and the way we communicated and still plays a huge role in the world we live today. The telephone opened the door for communications across the world and played a part in the development of personal and business cultures by allowing people from different countries the ability to communicate with ease. * Thesis Statement
When the telephone was first introduced to society, people were skeptical about its replacement of the telegram system, over time this new way of communication has become one of the most important inventions of all time and won the hearts of many. * Discuss the background of the time period (insert author and date)
Less than 150 years ago, communications were limited to messages delivery by person. As scientific knowledge grew that electricity could be transferred from one place to another, inventers begin to experiment with the possibility that same principle could apply to communications. The results were great inventions the first steps that could bring the world closer together. Instantaneously the first communication was possibly with the telegraph. In 1844 Samuel Moor was the first man that was successful to send a message with a telegraph (Cason, 1910). The battery powered telegraph gave host to whole new inventions. If the telegraph sent a message, then the communications rennasons was on the risen. One of the history’s greatest and most influential inventions that actually put it into words the telephone. Alexander Bell initially called it the speaking telegraph. Telephone was the telegraph line, which he put a microphone and a speaker at each end so the spoken voice could be sent instead of dots and dashes. * Discuss the climate of the