TECHNOLOGY

Evolution of Telephones

Evolution of Telephones

Introduction

It is quite amazing to think that how far telephones have come with the time. The telephones we have today were the only two tin cans connected to each other by a string almost 350 years ago. This simple idea gave birth to the chain of events that evolved communication through telephones and provided us with the most advanced telephones we have today. This paper looks back at the evolution process of telephones.

Discussion

By the 1850s, many inventors were seeking to carry the human voice to replace the telegraph. In 1861, Philip Reiss managed to transmit a ...