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From: dxp@pyuxhh.UUCP (D Peak)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: An American invented the phone, thus this is an American net
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Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 16:47:50 EST
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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 !!!!!


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    Dave Peak (pyuxhh!dxp)

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