Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), Scottish-born American inventor Size:M: 75 x 50cm during the reign of Mary

during the reign of Mary I in the 16th century

Women doing laundry in the canal

in the course of construction viewed from the west side

Peter (1672-1725) became Tsar in 1682

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), Scottish-born American inventor Size:M: 75 x 50cm during the reign of MaryAlexander Graham Bell (1847 1922), Scottish born American inventor, 1926. Bell produced the first intelligible telephone transmission on 5 June 1875. He patented the device as the telephone in 1876, beating rival inventor Elisha Gray, who had invented his own version, to the US patent office by just 2 hours. Bell, who became a naturalised American in 1874, also invented the phonograph (1880) and the gramophone (1887). From An Outline of Christianity,