Alexander Graham Bell & Thomas Edison

Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish immigrant. In 1874 he suggested the idea of the telephone to a man named Thomas Watson who was his assistant. He began experimenting with ways to transmit sound through an electrical current. In 1876 he succeeded and in 1877 he created the Bell Telephone Company which eventually evolved into AT&T. Thomas Edison was an extraordinary inventor. He created the phonograph, the light bulb, the battery, the Dictaphone, and the motion picture! In 1889 several Edison companies merged to form the Edison General Electric Company which is known as GE in today’s society.

Thomas Edison was an extraordinary inventor. He created the phonograph, the light bulb, the battery, the Dictaphone, and the motion picture! In 1889 several Edison companies merged to form the Edison General Electric Company which is known as GE in today’s society.