Hi Sam, On Fri, 26 Oct 2001 07:51:36 -0500, Sam Ewalt wrote:
> According to the website you supplied, Reis's "telephone" was not > capable of transmitting human speech over a wire, only simple sounds. > Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that Reis invented a > forerunner to the telephone. > The reason few people have heard of him is that there was little > practical value to his "telephone". You are absolutely right. Regards Joerg -- Arachne V1.70, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
