For most people, the name Alexander Graham Bell conjures up the man who helped invent the telephone in 1876. And while Bell was responsible for radically changing how the world communicates, there was ...

On the 170th birth anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell, the man credited for the invention of the first practical telephone, we look at his greatest creation, later work and other useful mechanical ...

Here’s a quick history lesson: On March 10, 1876, inventor Alexander Graham Bell -- the man behind the telephone -- successfully made the first phone call in history. The call was to his assistant, ...

American history is full of memorable quotes and speeches, but until recently the oldest audio recorded was captured in 1888 on a phonograph invented earlier that year by Thomas Edison. Thanks to new ...