How Was The Telephone Invented? (Animated Video)

The Telephone is an old device and one of the most valuable patents from the olden days.

Before technology got to its peak in the 21st century, the Telephone was one of the earliest technologies used as a source of communication. The Telephone went through a series of modifications, taking different forms and structures, which is why the invention of the Telephone cannot just be credited to only one person, it is the collective work of various developers.
The Telephone’s Little Beginning

In the beginning, mechanical devices that could be used to transmit words and music over a long distance were in use. The first devices involved the transmission of sound through physical media such as pipes. One such example was the acoustic “tin can telephone” also known as the lovers’ phone. It worked by connecting two diaphragms with a wire that would relay sound by sending mechanical vibrations from one end of the wire to the other without making use of electric currents. It was made for children to play with by connecting two paper cups, plastic bottles or metal cans.

Between 1664 and 1685, British physicist Robert Hooke continued to conduct experiments based on the tin can telephone. In 1667, he was credited for the development of the acoustic string phone.
In the 1700s, scientists in Europe studied the use of telegraphs that employed electrostatic attraction but it was abandoned as being impractical. However in 1774, Georges-Louis Le Sage developed an electric telegraph with a separate wire representing the 26 letters of the alphabet, but with a range only between two rooms in his home.