History of the telephone

This history of the telephone chronicles the development of the electrical telephone, and includes a brief overview of its predecessors. The first telephone patent was granted to Alexander Graham Bell in 1876.

^ Carroll, Rory (17 June 2002). "Bell did not invent telephone, US rules". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.
^ Several Italian encyclopedias claim Meucci as the inventor of the telephone, including: the "Treccani"; the Italian version of Microsoft digital encyclopedia, Encarta; Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (Italian Encyclopedia of Science, Literature and Arts).