Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!ucbvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-sprite!osman From: osman@sprite.DEC (Eric, 617 273-7484, Burlington, Ma. 01803, USA) Newsgroups: net.roots Subject: the name Bell and the telephone Bell Message-ID: <3568@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 09:19:20 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3568 Posted: Mon Aug 12 09:19:20 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Aug-85 23:11:28 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 8 Speaking of the name Bell, I've often wondered: Was Alexander's inventing of the telephone the birth of the word "bell" to describe the dinger inside the instrument ? Or was the word in usage beforehand and this is mere coincidence ? /Eric