Hi Sam and all,

On Sun, 21 Oct 2001 13:31:53 -0500, Sam Ewalt wrote:

> Phillip Reis? Must be the European perspective. Us Americans were
> always taught that the first telephone message was spoken by
> Alexander Graham Bell: "Come here, Watson, I need you." (Watson
> was Bell's assistant)

the first telephone indeed was invented 1860 by Phillip Reis. Alexander Graham
Bell's improved telephone came out 1876.

Regards Joerg
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