El Telefono

Alexander Graham Bell nació un 3 de Marzo de 1847 en Edimburgo Escocia, tiempo después se mudó a Canadá donde murió el 2 de Agosto de 1922. Graham Bell fue el inventor del teléfono pero pocos saben que fue un hombre que enseñó a muchas personas sordas a través del sistema de aprendizaje creado por su padre.

Con la colaboración del joven mecánico Thomas Watson y el patrocinio de los padres de George Sanders y Mabel Hubbard (con quien se acabaría casando el año 1877), dos estudiantes sordos que habían recibido clases de Bell, diseñó un aparato para interconvertir el sonido en impulsos eléctricos. El invento, denominado teléfono, fue inscrito en el registro de patentes estadounidense en 1876.

Pero si Edimburgo se ha destacado siempre como ciudad literaria, no podemos olvidar su aportación a la ciencia. El 3 de Marzo de 1847 nacía aquí Alexander Graham Bell. Tanto su madre como su mujer fueron sordas, lo que desde pequeño le impulsó a Alexander a trabajar en el campo de laacústica. Ya a muy temprana edad consiguió desarrollar un sistema para comunicarse con su progenitora, hablándola con voz profunda en su frente, haciendo que el cráneo actuase como caja de resonancia. Aplicando sus conocimientos en este campo, llegó al invento por el que se le recordará para la posteridad: el teléfono. Como tantosescoceses, emigró a Estados Unidos, pasando por Canadá, por lo que es considerado a la vez de Escocia, hijo de estas dos naciones.

Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922)[3] was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone.[N 3]

Bell's father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work onelocution and speech, and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell's life's work.[6] 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.[N 4] 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.[8][N 5]

Many other inventions marked Bell's later life, including groundbreaking work inoptical telecommunications, hydrofoils and aeronautics. In 1888, Bell became one of the founding members of the National Geographic Society.[10]

As a young child, Bell, like his brothers, received his early schooling at home from his father. At an early age, however, he was enrolled at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, Scotland, which he left at age 15, completing only the first four forms.[21] His school record was undistinguished, marked by absenteeism and lacklustre grades. His main interest remained in the sciences, especially biology, while he treated other school subjects with indifference, to the dismay of his demanding father.[22] Upon leaving school, Bell travelled to London to live with his grandfather, Alexander Bell. During the year he spent with his grandfather, a love of learning was born, with long hours spent in serious discussion and study. The elder Bell took great efforts to have his young pupil learn to speak clearly and with conviction, the attributes that his pupil would need to become a teacher himself.[23] At age 16, Bell secured a position as a "pupil-teacher" of elocution

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