I have often thought I should like to go on the banks of Newfoundland and fish with a telephone. If you were to send the transmitter down among the codfish with the bait, perhaps you would find something there to hear. I have never tried it. I will leave that to you.


'Discovery and Invention' by Alexander Graham Bell, The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 25 (1924)


I have often thought I should like to go on the banks of Newfoundland and fish with a telephone. If you were to send the transmitter down among the...

I have often thought I should like to go on the banks of Newfoundland and fish with a telephone. If you were to send the transmitter down among the...

I have often thought I should like to go on the banks of Newfoundland and fish with a telephone. If you were to send the transmitter down among the...

I have often thought I should like to go on the banks of Newfoundland and fish with a telephone. If you were to send the transmitter down among the...