Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxhh.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxhh!dxp From: dxp@pyuxhh.UUCP (D Peak) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: An American invented the phone, thus this is an American net Message-ID: <754@pyuxhh.UUCP> Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 16:47:50 EST Article-I.D.: pyuxhh.754 Posted: Mon Dec 10 16:47:50 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 11-Dec-84 14:19:21 EST References: <6166@mcvax.UUCP> <270@spp2.UUCP> <127@talcott.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway N.J. Lines: 19 Actually, the subject line lies ! A.G. Bell was a Scot, a citizen of the U.K., when he invented the principle of telephonic speech in 1876. He did not become a citizen of the US until 1882. So it was a Scot who invented the telephone. Admittedly his basic work was in the US from 1874-76(when he received an american patent). However the first "telephone call" was from Paris to Bradford(both in Ontario), so the telephone was invented in Canada ? Sounds like an international conspiracy to me !!!!! -- Dave Peak (pyuxhh!dxp) "Don't just stand there DROOLING - charm the hell out of me !"