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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 71. Chapters: Alexander Graham Bell, John Napier, William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, John Logie Baird, James Dewar, David Brewster, Alexander Graham Bell honors and tributes, James Clerk Maxwell, Balfour Stewart, William John Macquorn Rankine, James Alfred Ewing, John Robison, John Aitken, Joseph Black, Peter Guthrie Tait, James David Forbes, Cargill Gilston Knott, Alexander Macfarlane, John Playfair, John Samuel Forrest, John Leslie, John James Waterston, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Robert Jack, John Kerr, Andrew Gray, James Hough, John H. D. Anderson, J. M. Robson, Lancelot Law Whyte, Sir Andrew Noble, 1st Baronet, Samuel Curran, Heather Reid, David Wallace, James Peck, William Nicol, Thomas Melvill, Charles Chree, John F. Allen, James Gray, George Carmichael Low, Andrew Gordon, Adam Anderson, A. Catrina Bryce, Alex Smith, John Mallard, Richard Sillitto, John Currie Gunn, Andrew Plummer, John McCowan, Ronald Drever. Excerpt: Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 - August 2, 1922) was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone. Bell's father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and speech, and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell's life's work. His research on hearing and speech further led him to experiment with hearing devices which eventually culminated in Bell being awarded the first US patent for the telephone in 1876. In retrospect, Bell considered his most famous invention an intrusion on his real work as a scientist and refused to have a telephone in his study. Many other inventions marked Bell's later life, including groundbreaking work in optical telecommunications, hydrofoils and aeronautics. In 1888, Alexander Graham Bell became one of the founding members of the National Geographic ...
