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From wired to wireless: Telephones

Team StoryWeavers|September 03, 2019, 05:53 IST| 94

Life, as we know it today, is made easy by numerous devices and equipment that are designed to make things simpler and better. But have you ever thought what was life like, before these came along? What’s the science behind these inventions? 

To find answers to these questions, we welcome you to The Evolution of Everything – a series that will help you understand everyday objects better. Put on your curiosity hat, as we uncover the most basic, yet important, inventions in your home like phones, television, the internet, and much more! 

Prepare yourself to explore with us the history, technology, and evolution of everything that you always wondered about. 

Can you imagine your life without the phone?

Not being able to communicate with anyone who is not around you, no messaging, no apps, no social media, and no phone games makes life dull and boring. 

Well, this was the reality until 150 years ago! Alexander Graham Bell invented the phone in 1876. This was not an accidental discovery though. Telephones were being developed from as early as1660s, those were much simpler, but not as efficient as Bell’s invention.

History behind the invention:

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on March 3, 1847, Bell belonged to a family of specialists in the field of elocution and the correction of speech. Bell too, intended to pursue a career in the same, but fate had other plans for him. In one of his interviews, he says, his knowledge of the nature of sound led him not only to teach the deaf but also to invent the telephone.

Before stumbling across his discovery of the phone, Bell was experimenting with his ‘harmonic telegraph’ approach. On June 2, 1875, Bell made a breakthrough. Using his harmonic telegraph, Bell realised that he could hear the sound of a twanging clock spring over a wire. On March 10, 1876, he successfully made a call to his assistant in the next room, saying:

“Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.”

The rest, as we know is history.

The science behind telephones:

Essentially a phone is a two-way radio of sorts. At one end is a radio transmitter and at the other a radio receiver. So when you speak to anyone over the phone, the phone converts your voice into electrical signals, that are sent through radio waves to the closest cell tower.

Over the years, the telephone has evolved, so much so that it, in turn, has changed us humans in many ways. Here’s a timeline demonstrating the evolution of telephones over the years.

About the Author


Charu, a feminist and an accidental writer, is yet to master the art of writing about herself. Always curious to learn new stuff, she ends up spending a lot of time unlearning the incorrect lessons. She enjoys all sorts of stories – real, fictional, new, old, hers and would love hearing yours too. Feel free to ping her at storyweavers@byjus.com to share anything that you think is worth sharing.

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Jenna

March 4, 2021

This timeline was very helpful! I am working on a project about communication and my topic was telephones throughout the years.


Biborson Dutta

February 14, 2020

Yeah every invention has a evolution…
Humans are updating still more updates can destroy mother nature as the birds are being killed due to the radiation
from the network town…
Thus it is helpful and too destructive to some extent..


Kashinad

December 7, 2019

Thank you for this information


Shubhamoy sinha

November 13, 2019

There is no life without it


Abhishek biswas

October 20, 2019

From this I can know how the phone has modified from time to time


Shriya Anand Apte

October 19, 2019

Yes , This info was very informative and helpful


R. Sahithi

October 2, 2019

Thank you so much byjus for giving such lot of information about about ancient days mobile phones?☎??


Atri pathak

October 1, 2019

Wow! Interesting.??


N. U. Deepika

September 28, 2019

Hello sir\mam gave information on

River’s to save water on earth to

Kids. So useful.


Satwik Singh

September 28, 2019

Nice please give a story to engineering of machines and I am very fond of it


Likith

September 22, 2019

Yes very nice topic to generation


Sarvadnya Nilesh Jibhakate

September 21, 2019

Thanks byjus giving us great opportunity I am also very eager


Pragati Ramesh Ghuge

September 21, 2019

Mam/sir it’s very good information.
I like it. Thanks for giving us that
Imformation


A.Navani

September 21, 2019

We need to save our Earth??


Tejaswee Raj jha

September 14, 2019

Sir/mam please make a story on how was electricity discovered?.


Shachi

September 12, 2019

Pls make a story on teachers day


akhilesh r

September 11, 2019

good info


Prerana Kubal

September 10, 2019

Umm! Very nice phones during the past


Satyajeet

September 9, 2019

Nice information


Venishree

September 8, 2019

Good information


Thushaar M S

September 8, 2019

It will be nice when telephones work wirelessly


Vaishnavi kursange

September 8, 2019

Thanks byjus for such a informative information I never thought that the journey of telephones started from so long. ?


HIMA VARSHINI

September 8, 2019

Yes mam/sir please make a story on fire of Amazon forests….because they were the lungs of our Earth…


AADITYA SINGH

September 7, 2019

THANKS FOR THE SUCH AMAZING AND INTERESTING INFORMATION ABOUT PHONES AND I ALSO FEEL VERY BAD WHEN I THINK
ABOUT AMAZON FOREST.PLZ MAKE STORY ON AMAZON FOREST


Gayatri

September 6, 2019

Heyyy that’s interesting plz too send some quotes about amazon forest-the lungs of the earth… ??


Diya r satheesh

September 6, 2019

Good information


Mubassira SAVANUR

September 6, 2019

Yes mam I agree because our is under the danger☹️☹️☹️☹️?


Shagun

September 6, 2019

Thanks Byju’s for such a great information ?????


Mufitha

September 6, 2019

Sometimes mobile is very useful to people’s.
Mobile is useful and unuseful to man so stop using mobiles..and start save nature


Taniya Sharieff

September 5, 2019

I love to learn the information on television and human body nutrition


Atharv Singh

September 5, 2019

Wow


Sharanu basava

September 5, 2019

Good information about Telephone Mam/Sir


Japji

September 5, 2019

I really liked the information


Tamanya roy

September 5, 2019

Sir and mam.Please tell me about how many years ago watch was invented


Shavul hameed

September 5, 2019

Thanks for this information
This information increases our knowledge


Adiba

September 5, 2019

Thanks Byju’s Best information??☺


darsh verma

September 4, 2019

I would say that at the end I learned a lot


Yatharth

September 4, 2019

I learnt a lot from this


Deepali

September 4, 2019

Very interesting information.


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September 4, 2019

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Shreyanshi

September 4, 2019

This is a good piece of information .I feel so bad for the incident that took place in Amazon rainforest.
I request you to make a story on it.


Kanishka tripathi

September 4, 2019

I am very glad for being a part of byju.nice inflation
Thanksbyju


Pooja

September 4, 2019

Today I am typing this msg just because of this invention ..Thanks to God that this invention took place…


khushi agrawal

September 4, 2019

At the end I would like to conclude that it has increased my knowledge. By answering these questions I came to know my weakness and I try to improve myself.


Nandhana

September 4, 2019

It’s a good information sir/ Mam


Smayra

September 4, 2019

Nice very good


Priyanka rani

September 4, 2019

Sir its very important information thanks.


Stuti Gupta

September 4, 2019

Amazing information. Thanks Byjus for the information. ?


Smayra

September 4, 2019

Yes this is a very nice topic


Kasinadh

September 4, 2019

Woah!!!!!!! What in the end of 2019 the users become 5 billion OMG mind boggling


Sai Dhotre

September 4, 2019

It was a great information after all but,I have some questions regarding the information,how did
Graham bell made it,what materials did he used for making it and who gave him the idea of making it.
Please let me know, thanks


Irfan ahmed shaikh

September 3, 2019

It is very important information thanks


Pranav

September 3, 2019

Very interesting.You should also tell us about the discovery of cricket.?


Chinmayee Khairnar

September 3, 2019

Very nice information, everyone should have it.


Ruthvik. A. B

September 3, 2019

Thank you byjus. For giving me such a information.


Anushka Verma

September 3, 2019

It’s really helpful. Thank you byju’s for making me more curious about things. Thanks a lot


Dhanyashree krishnaraj

September 3, 2019

Thank you for this information I learns a lot about how mobile is used in this generation


Akshara

September 3, 2019

Excellent I am hundred percent sure that byjus will help all the students in the world


Marzuqa

September 3, 2019

An amazing and interesting information. And I learnd more about telephones


Marisha Khan

September 3, 2019

It is very didactic and it help us to assimilate history about means of communication easily.
Its very helpful and it is very beguiling……

Thank you


Mehul

September 3, 2019

Thanks…
For the info.


Dhiraj

September 3, 2019

Very interesting facts about phones like it


Y saitejaswini

September 3, 2019

Wow it was a very good information to all my friends I have known about past time using mobile phones and some general knowledge


Hiyansh Katlana

September 3, 2019

Very nice information
Help a lot in GK improvement


Ronit Debnath

September 3, 2019

good message


Tinesh balaajee

September 3, 2019

Thank you for the nice information


Samhitha Iyer

September 3, 2019

Dear sir or mam
Can you please explain how solar system was formed


Harsha

September 3, 2019

Thanqks for your infomation.it was helpful and useful


Abhiraj Dey

September 3, 2019

It’s good to have a bunch of
information. Now I can use this lot in
my school projects


Rehan shah

September 3, 2019

Nice information


Deepa

September 3, 2019

Yes now a days the mobiles are very useful but we have to use it better way


ADARSH DUBEY

September 3, 2019

Now i know the Evolution of telephone. thanks


Mansi

September 3, 2019

Thank you for this information


Nandana

September 3, 2019

Thanks for the information


Nandini

September 3, 2019

This is something that all of us should know because it is about the thing that we use — literally everyday and can’t live without it… Thank you for addressing this topic??


R.chandan

September 3, 2019

Thank u so much for this information


S Sivanandini

September 2, 2019

Very interested to read this topic.Thankyou so much byju’s.


NAVEENA KUMAR.K

September 2, 2019

GOOD INFORMATION. TELL ME MORE ABOUT SUCH DEVICES IN FUTURE, ABOUT TRANSISTOR RADIO, MOTOR CAR, BICYCLE, ETC


Akshay Raj

September 2, 2019

Thanks it’s helpful for me


Swastika

September 2, 2019

Let us see what will come next to the smartphones we have today. ☎ ➡ ? ➡ ? ➡ ❓


Pranav Prasad

September 2, 2019

Awesome


Samrat

September 2, 2019

I can’t believe it is so fascinating


Shahid Syed

September 1, 2019

Its one of the importance pieces of information…Everyone should know this long long journey of telephones


Nidhi. M. Lad

September 1, 2019

At the end I would like to conclude that it has increased my lot of knowledge. By answering to its questions I come to know my weakness and I try to improve myself.


Harshavardhan

September 1, 2019

How to send vedio for NASA contest?


Hardik sharma

August 30, 2019

Sir /mam please also make an story on the fire of Amazon forests
Please


Hardik sharma

August 30, 2019

Nice information


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