[Lowfer] Marconi...now Bell

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That he didn't invent mass production?  Or the production line?  But was 
very pragmatic efficiency expert?  Maybe that is what he invented:  the 
position of efficiency expert<G>

Gary WA6DTX

Peter Barick wrote:
> 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
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