THE STORY BEHIND THE DEVICE WHICH MADE THE WORLD SEEM SMALLER.

Some child in ancient times must have said, as he watched a bird soar up in the sky, "If only I could fly like that!" Obviously his elders would laughed, hearing this. But this was the birth of an idea that inspired generations to come, through countless centuries, to be realized in modern times through the efforts of the wright brothers. An idea is invisible and weightless, having no material substance. And yet it has the power to change your life or even the course of history. Any invention, discovery or historical event had its origin in a spark of thought that developed into an idea. Telephone is an invention, where the thought about sound had  developed into telephone. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, and got the patent for it in 1876. A patent is given to someone who invents something new so that other people don't copy  it without permission. However, we must remember that other people helped in the invention of the knowledge and ideas and helping with the designs that allowed Bell to create his own working vision. Bell first became interested in the science of sound, because both his mother and wife were deaf. His experiments in sound eventually led him to want to send voice signals  down a telegraph wire. He was able to get some funding, and hired his famous assistant Thomas Watson, and together they were able to come up with the telephone. The first words spoken over the telephone were by Bell on March 10th, 1876. They were,"Mr.Watson,come here!I want to see you". The telephone may just be one of the most important inventions of all time. It is still widely used today, is vital to how modern business functions, and allows for an incredible speed of communication. The telephone has, in short, made distances seem less, and the world seem smaller.