Personal Narrative: New Inventions In America

It’s June 23rd, 1876 I have arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the Centennial Exposition. I am thrilled to see what new inventions will be offered today. As I walked into the Machinery Hall one specific thing caught my eye. They call it the Telephone, invented by Alexander Graham Bell. It’s a magical machine like the Telegraph, but Telephone that lets you talk to people across the country, but with your voices. You can have a full speaking, conversation with someone miles away. The problem with the Telegraph is, not everyone knows how to use it. Learning all the codes may take some time, but with the Telephone you can speak anything you want English, Spanish, German anything.

As I approached the invention I was astonied by what
I heard and saw. The invention had, had a patent scenic March and everyone wanted to see it. As I made my way to the top of the table everyone had questions. Questions like “How does it work?” and “How did you come up with the idea.” were the most popular. Basically in the telephone the sound waves created by a person voice enter the mouthpiece and an electric current carries the sound to the other telephone, the person that's being talking to. This is able to work because of the two main parts: the transmitter and receiver. When the telephone was made it was to transport human voice across long distance. It wasn’t like a letter where you would have to wait a few days it was instant. This is the future, the telephone.