11.7 - THE ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION OF THE SPOKEN WORDS ON WIRES

Through the invention of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell gave birth to the transmission of the spoken words on wires. Certainly such remarkable invention was the foundation of the microphone as well as the earphone later on used in the development of radio and broadcasting.
As professor of Vocal Physiology at Boston University, Bell was engaged in the study of the speech’mechanics, which finally led him to develop the first device for the transmission of the spoken words on wires.