Can you hear me now?
On this day in 1876, Scottish inventor Alexander Graham Bell successfully received a patent for his invention, the telephone.
At the time, Samuel Morse’s telegraph had improved communication, but Bell wanted to create a more synchronized and harmonic conversation. Bell sought help from Thomas A. Watson, and both men created the first prototype.
On March 10, the first successful message to have been transmitted via telephone was:
“Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.” Pretty funny when you look at how phones are used today,,,,,,