[Lowfer] Marconi...now Bell

[Peter Barick]

Re: Communications Lore Debunked

Fellows,
Some years back the issue of Inventor of Radio was grist for the List.
Think it was left - among us devotees - that Marconi did send/receive
early wireless telegraph, but some years later Reginald Fessinden and
Ernst Alexanderson developed what became known as Radio. Okay, one Hero
down from school history books learnin. Now another...

This is today’s news from NPR and was unknown to me. Bell didn't invent
the telephone. According to author Seth Tillman and "The Bell Telephone
Gambit," Bell is a plagiarist, who with the help of a Patten Office
clerk, took the previously patented concept of a "transmitter" of one
Mr. (?) Grey and attached it as a drawing in the margin of his
application. Seems like a worthy book to read. Plus, er Big Plus, Bell
was sparking the daughter of a rich paten attorney, who was his
financial backer. Bell wisely marries said woman. As they say, "The rest
is history"! 

So what does it matter now 100 years later? It's interesting to note,
think and talk about, that's about it. Ha, what are we gunna find out
about, say Ford?

Peter

Post Script - TheTransmiter or the "mouth piece" was nothing more than a
needle with a diaphram and sitting in some liquid. The resistance of
this item varied with speech.