[Phys-L] Re: Why 60 hertz?

[John Clement <clement@HAL-PC.ORG>]

Actually there were successful transmissions of voice over wire before Bell.
However Bell like Edison was very successful in putting together a system
and convincing investors to put money into his "invention".  I would say
that Bell was the first to successfully market the telephone.  He also
managed to get certain patent rights before others.  Tony Rothman in his
very well researched book "Everything's Relative" has lots of evidence for
the fact that the telephone was actually the culmination of the work of a
fairly large number of people, with Bell getting the credit in the US.

John M. Clement
Houston, TX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Forum for Physics Educators [mailto:PHYS-L@list1.ucc.nau.edu] On
> Behalf Of Alison Innes
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 8:01 AM
> To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
> Subject: Re: Why 60 hertz?
>
> >  Bell did not invent
> > the telephone.
>
> There is a mountain of evidence proving that Bell did, indeed, invent the
> telephone. Granted, other people were working on similar (and
> unsuccessful)ideas, but Bell was the first to successfully invent the
> telephone. Bell faced many lawsuits from other so-called 'inventors' of
> the telephone, yet they were never able to explain the theory and the
> process of invention, as Bell was able to do.
>
> Alison Innes
> Education Coordinator
> Bell Homestead National Historic Site
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