If Alexander Graham Bell were around today, that might be how he'd summon his intrepid assistant, Thomas Watson. Of course, for some oldheads that message might take a minute to decipher, or just ...

The telephone has undergone a drastic transformation since its invention, and there’s one place chronicling its evolution — ...

Eclipsed by his fame as the inventor of the telephone, phonograph, metal detector, and early forms of the hydrofoil (among other machines) is the extensive work that Alexander Graham Bell did with ...

On this day in Boston history, the first ever successful phone call was made. Many know the story of the telephone's invention by Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson, ending in the call with ...

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1847, Bell came from a family where communication was more than just talking—it was a science. His father, Alexander Melville Bell, was a speech therapist who ...

March 7 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the telephone. In 1918, Finland signed a peace treaty with Germany shortly after declaring ...

Alexander Graham Bell. The name alone evokes the image of an old-school inventor, sleeves rolled up, fiddling with wires and ...