
Sujet
Bell telephone, 1882. Artist: Alexander Graham Bell Artist: Unknown
Légende
Bell telephone, 1882. Scottish-born American inventor Bell (1847-1922) filed the patent for his telephone at the United States Patent Office at 3pm on 14 February 1876, just 2 hours before a rival device developed by Elisha Gray. In 1878 he demonstrated the telephone to Queen Victoria at her residence, Osborne House, on the Isle of Wight. On the evening of 14 January 1878 contact was made with nearby Osborne Cottage and terminals in Southampton and London. From Physics in Pictures by Theodore Eckardt. (London, 1882).
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1882
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B65_496
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (1,4Mo) / 28,3cm x 44,3cm / 3338 x 5234 (300dpi)