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was born in 1847. As a child He took after his grandfather who was an actor who entertained people with his voice. Alexanders mother, who was deaf, would have people talk to her through her ear tube, which amplifies speech by talking through a object that look ....

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.... over a wire. On June 2,1875, when working in the transmitting room Watson produced a twang when trying to loosen up a wire.  Alexander working on the transmitter was able to send sounds that resembled that of a human voice. Next, Alexander discovered that a wire vibrated by speech when placed in a conducting liquid, like mercury and would produce a current.  Basically speech could be transmitted by wire. On March 10,1876 Alexander and Watson were working on the machine when Alexander knocked over battery acid. He shouted, "Mr. Watson, come here. I need you!" and Watson working in the receiver room heard his voice coming through the wire. Late ....