The first telephone conversation was made between the inventor, Alexander Graham Bell, and his assistant, Thomas Watson – “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you” – on this day in 1879. Did you know that: • John Stone of Concord, Massachusetts, patented a pile driver on this day in 1791• Abraham Lincoln applied […]
Roald Amundsen announced his discovery of the South Pole to the world on this day in 1912. Did you know that: • Charles Miller patented the first sewing machine to stitch buttonholes on this day in 1854• Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone on this day in 1876• Willis Farnsworth patented a […]
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist, and engineer born on this day in 1847. Did you know that: • A patent was granted to Thomas Jennings for “dry scouring of clothes” on this day in 1821• George Pullman, inventor of the railway sleeping car, was born on this day in 1831• Georg Cantor, a […]
