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Alexander Graham Bell

2011-01-18T09:26:07Z

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March 3 1847-August 4 1922. Inventor.

Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh. His father was Alexander Melville Bell and his mother was Eliza Bell. At the age of 17 he began to teach elocution and music at Western House Academy in Elgin, Scotland. From time to time he also gave lessons at a school for deaf-mutes in Bosten. During that time he was working on his telegraphic experiments. In 1870, Bell’s older brother Melville died of tuberculosis. Two to three months later, Alexander Graham emigrated to Canada with his parents and his sister-in-law. However, he did not stay there. Instead, he travelled a lot and worked in different towns, e.g. Boston. Finally, in 1886, he built his summer home in Beinn Bhreagh.

In 1876, Bell invented the telephone. One year later, he founded the Bell Telephone Company. A few years later, the telephone could be found in private households. In the early 1890s the Electrophone company was founded in London. It served as a broadcast medium, providing transmissions of masses, operas or plays. To use this service, people had to subscribe to the company. After that, they could just pick up their phones and were connected to Electrophone. The company would then ask which theatre or church they wanted to be connected to.

However, the telephone was not his only invention. He also invented the photophone, which transmitted sounds on a beam of light. He did some experiments to remove salt from seawater. Furthermore, he had a great interest in aviation and did a lot of experiments with kites and propellers.

Alexander Graham Bell died on August 2, 1922 and was buried on August 4, 1922 in Beinn Bhreagh, Canada. [How did he get there? When did he change continents??]

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Sources:

Bruce, Robert V. ''Bell. Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude.'' London: Victor Gollanz, 1973.

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8668311.stm>.

<http://www.devcon3.de/alexander-graham-bell.htm>.

<http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/Alexander_Bell.htm>.

<http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/Alexander_Bell_2.htm>.

<http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/Alexander_Bell_3.htm>.

<http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltelephone2.htm>.

Alexander Graham Bell

2011-01-18T09:25:27Z

KT86:

March 3 1847-August 4 1922. Inventor.

Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh. His father was Alexander Melville Bell and his mother was Eliza Bell. At the age of 17 he began to teach elocution and music at Western House Academy in Elgin, Scotland. From time to time he also gave lessons at a school for deaf-mutes in Bosten. During that time he was working on his telegraphic experiments. In 1870, Bell’s older brother Melville died of tuberculosis. Two to three months later, Alexander Graham emigrated to Canada with his parents and his sister-in-law. However, he did not stay there. Instead, he travelled a lot and worked in different towns, e.g. Boston. Finally, in 1886, he built his summer home in Beinn Bhreagh.
In 1876, Bell invented the telephone. One year later, he founded the Bell Telephone Company. A few years later, the telephone could be found in private households. In the early 1890s the Electrophone company was founded in London. It served as a broadcast medium, providing transmissions of masses, operas or plays. To use this service, people had to subscribe to the company. After that, they could just pick up their phones and were connected to Electrophone. The company would then ask which theatre or church they wanted to be connected to.
However, the telephone was not his only invention. He also invented the photophone, which transmitted sounds on a beam of light. He did some experiments to remove salt from seawater. Furthermore, he had a great interest in aviation and did a lot of experiments with kites and propellers.
Alexander Graham Bell died on August 2, 1922 and was buried on August 4, 1922 in Beinn Bhreagh, Canada. [How did he get there? When did he change continents??]

Sources:

Bruce, Robert V. ''Bell. Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude.'' London: Victor Gollanz, 1973.

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8668311.stm>.

<http://www.devcon3.de/alexander-graham-bell.htm>.

<http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/Alexander_Bell.htm>.

<http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/Alexander_Bell_2.htm>.

<http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/Alexander_Bell_3.htm>.

<http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltelephone2.htm>.

Alexander Graham Bell

2011-01-11T20:04:58Z

KT86:

Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh on March 3, 1847. His father was Alexander Melville Bell and his mother was Eliza Bell. At the age of 17 he began to teach elocution and music at Western House Academy in Elgin, Scotland. From time to time he also gave lessons at a school for deaf-mutes in Bosten. During that time he was working on his telegraphic experiements. In 1876, Bell invented the telephone. One year later, he founded the Bell Telephone Company. A few years later, the telephone could be found in private households. In the early 1890s the Electrophone company was founded in London. It served as a broadcast medium, providing transmissions of masses, operas or plays. To use this service, people had to subscribe to the company. After that, they could just pick up their phones and were connected to Electrophone. The company would then ask which theatre or church they wanted to be connected to.
However, the telephone was not his only invention. He also invented the photophone, which transmitted sounds on a beam of light. He did some experiments to remove salt from seawater. Furthermore, he had a great interest in aviation and did a lot of experiments with kites and propellers.
Alexander Graham Bell died on August 2, 1922 and was buried on August 4, 1922 in Beinn Bhreagh, Canada.

Bruce, Robert V. ''Bell. Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude.'' Victor Gollanz: London, 1973.

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8668311.stm>.

<http://www.devcon3.de/alexander-graham-bell.htm>.

<http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/Alexander_Bell.htm>.

<http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltelephone2.htm>.

Alexander Graham Bell

2011-01-11T20:03:40Z

KT86:

Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh on March 3, 1847. His father was Alexander Melville Bell and his mother was Eliza Bell. At the age of 17 he began to teach elocution and music at Western House Academy in Elgin, Scotland. From time to time he also gave lessons at a school for deaf-mutes in Bosten. During that time he was working on his telegraphic experiements. In 1876, Bell invented the telephone. One year later, he founded the Bell Telephone Company. A few years later, the telephone could be found in private households. In the early 1890s the Electrophone company was founded in London. It served as a broadcast medium, providing transmissions of masses, operas or plays. To use this service, people had to subscribe to the company. After that, they could just pick up their phones and were connected to Electrophone. The company would then ask which theatre or church they wanted to be connected to.
However, the telephone was not his only invention. He also invented the photophone, which transmitted sounds on a beam of light. He did some experiments to remove salt from seawater. Furthermore, he had a great interest in aviation and did a lot of experiments with kites and propellers.
Alexander Graham Bell died on August 2, 1922 and was buried on August 4, 1922 in Beinn Bhreagh, Canada.

Bruce, Robert V. Bell. Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude. Victor Gollanz: London, 1973.

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8668311.stm>.

<http://www.devcon3.de/alexander-graham-bell.htm>.

<http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/Alexander_Bell.htm>.

<http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltelephone2.htm>.

Alexander Graham Bell

2011-01-11T20:02:08Z

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Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh on March 3, 1847. His father was Alexander Melville Bell and his mother was Eliza Bell. At the age of 17 he began to teach elocution and music at Western House Academy in Elgin, Scotland. From time to time he also gave lessons at a school for deaf-mutes in Bosten. During that time he was working on his telegraphic experiements. In 1876, Bell invented the telephone.
One year later, he founded the Bell Telephone Company. A few years later, the telephone could be found in private households. In the early 1890s the Electrophone company was founded in London. It served as a broadcast medium, providing transmissions of masses, operas or plays. To use this service, people had to subscribe to the company. After that, they could just pick up their phones and were connected to Electrophone. The company would then ask which theatre or church they wanted to be connected to.
However, the telephone was not his only invention. He also invented the photophone, which transmitted sounds on a beam of light. He did some experiments to remove salt from seawater. Furthermore, he had a great interest in aviation and did a lot of experiments with kites and propellers.
Alexander Graham Bell died on August 2, 1922 and was buried on August 4, 1922 in Beinn Bhreagh, Canada.

Bruce, Robert V. Bell. Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude. Victor Gollanz: London, 1973.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8668311.stm

http://www.devcon3.de/alexander-graham-bell.htm

http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/Alexander_Bell.htm

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltelephone2.htm

Female suffrage

2010-11-29T17:51:15Z

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'''Female Suffrage'''

In the middle of the 19th century women began to fight for the right to vote. One of the most famous supporters was John Stuart Mill, Member of Parliament since 1865. He filed several petitions for women’s right to vote. However, all of them were turned down. Consequently, the National Society for Women’s Suffrage was founded in 1867, fighting forcefully for female suffrage. Over the years more and more similar groups emerged so that by 1897 about sixteen such groups joined in the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies. By 1913 the number of groups had increased to 400.

Emmeline Pankhurst (14 July 1858 - 14 June 1928) was one of the leading figures in the ambitious efforts to obtain female suffrage. She established the Woman Franchise League in 1889 and the Women’s Social and Political Union in 1903, which was a more radical group. Its members were often called ‘suffragettes’. They called the people’s attention to the existent injustice by breaking windows in the streets of London or even by arson attacks.

In 1918, at the end of World War I, women finally got the right to vote, but only if they were at least 30 years old. Not until 1928 were women allowed to vote when they had reached the age of 21.

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'''Sources'''

<http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/pankhurst_emmeline.shtml>.

Bassnett, Susan. Feminist Experiences. The Women’s Movement in Four Cultures. London: Allen&Unwin, 1986.

Maurer, Michael. Kleine Geschichte Englands. Stuttgart: Reclam, 2007.

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2010-11-29T14:43:38Z

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Female suffrage

2010-11-25T18:54:04Z

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'''Female Suffrage'''

In the middle of the 19th century women began to fight for the right to vote. One of the most famous supporter was John Stuart Mill, Member of Parliament. However, the First Women's Suffrage Bill (1870) was defeated. The following years several groups emerged, fighting forcefully for female suffrage. In 1918 woman finally got the right to vote, but only if they were at least 30 years old.

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