1. By: Daniela Olalde

2. Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell In the 1870s, two inventors Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell both independently designed devices that could transmit speech electrically (the telephone). Both men rushed their respective designs to the patent office within hours of each other, Alexander Graham Bell patented his telephone first. Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell entered into a famous legal battle over the invention of the telephone, which Bell won.

3. s  The invention of the telephone is the culmination of work done by many individuals, the history of which involves a collection of claims and counterclaims. The development of the modern telephone involved an array of lawsuits founded upon the patent claims of several individuals. This article covers the early years 1844–1898, from conception of the idea of an electric voice-transmission device, failed attempts to use "make-and-break" current, successful experiments with electromagnetic devices by Alexander Bell and Thomas Watson, to commercially successful telephones in the late 19th century. When was invented ????

4. What was the purpose ???  The purpose of the Telephone is so that people can communicate without using the mail. Which could take a week, a month, even a year. The Telephone is a much easier way of communicating.

5. When the telephone was invented many changes were made. People can communicated. The telephone was very helpful during old times and for now. New changes for industrial revolution

6. New telephone inventions There are more new inventions for the telephone. Cell phones and, iPods etc…