The First Telephone

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  • Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
  • This video demonstrates how to construct a working model of Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone. This phone was constructed in 1876 and supported Bell's successful patent application for the first telephone.

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  • @Frances3654
    @Frances3654 10 років тому +129

    This seems deceptively simple. I always thought the principle behind the phone was magic.

    • @unidentified2918
      @unidentified2918 9 років тому +2

      LoL

    • @putnik805
      @putnik805 5 років тому

      is it possible to use ordinary drinking water? For telephone.

    • @Topsnbottoms
      @Topsnbottoms 4 роки тому

      same here

    • @shadowshadow2724
      @shadowshadow2724 4 роки тому

      @@putnik805 add salt to water and it will be more conductive or add hydrochloric acid not too much, but use it in open area because you will produce chlorine gas

    • @brandonmcgillis
      @brandonmcgillis 3 роки тому

      @@putnik805 no because it wouldn’t have any conductivity

  • @plasmodiumfalciparum3545
    @plasmodiumfalciparum3545 6 років тому +72

    When I tried building this, I needed to add salt to the vinegar in order for it to work. Furthermore, the signal is so strong, I can hear the message very clearly!

    • @putnik805
      @putnik805 5 років тому +1

      is it possible to use ordinary drinking water? For telephone.

    • @beepbeepimasheep237beepbee3
      @beepbeepimasheep237beepbee3 4 роки тому

      @@putnik805 uhh, i dont know.

    • @readysetgo4607
      @readysetgo4607 4 роки тому

      Hello kind sir. I am wondering if there could be interference with this device: The microphone picking up the sounds the speakers make which auto amplifies.. ?

    • @landonbobbett2301
      @landonbobbett2301 4 роки тому +1

      Nice! I tried this! It’s 100% clear! Thank you for saving me for helping with communicating

    • @stdsort8323
      @stdsort8323 3 роки тому

      @@putnik805 You should have an ionic solution in order for the current to be run through. Drinking water is a poor electrolyte since it contains little to no dissolved compounds. A table salt solution will work fine, but keep in mind that running current through it will cause it to release toxic chlorine and explosive hydrogen gas. In my opinion, the best choice would be a non-active metal sulfate, such as copper (II) sulfate. It won't release any toxic compounds in the air.

  • @NatureForce37
    @NatureForce37 Рік тому +19

    I'm in a rabbit hole now, really trying to educate myself on things we take for granted because we're born into an era that already has everything invented and perfected, not really needing to understand the principles behind them! This is soooo cool! As an African American woman in my 20s, I want to acquire and understand these everyday things. So grateful for this video and the eloquent, detailed, easy-to-understand set-up of it. Thank you for posting!

  • @oiurehj
    @oiurehj 7 років тому +10

    In 2002 the American Congress recognized the Meucci's invention as "the first telephone".

  • @digitarum1014
    @digitarum1014 День тому

    Impressive! I work for a telephony company and never knew what the original design looked like

  • @trailkeeper
    @trailkeeper 10 років тому +33

    We must understand the primitiveness of all this. The light-bulb was not even available yet. Speakers and Microphones, and amplifiers were not available or thought of yet, and the record/recording machine was only being considered about this time. So in a way, Bell also invented the first speaker and microphone. It took quite some time about 50 years, till we have the coil/magnet speakers and microphones of today.

    • @eave01
      @eave01 5 років тому

      Was there even rubber for the diaphram? Or were they using leather or paper or something?

    • @putnik805
      @putnik805 5 років тому

      is it possible to use ordinary drinking water? For telephone.

    • @MarkR-wc2el
      @MarkR-wc2el 2 роки тому

      @@putnik805 its acid

  • @das250250
    @das250250 8 років тому +8

    This is an important video because it discusses the pioneers original thoughts .. ty

  • @mrsalavati5736
    @mrsalavati5736 9 років тому +5

    Wonderful video and tutorial. I was clapping for you, when i heard the device work.

  • @yyhhttcccyyhhttccc6694
    @yyhhttcccyyhhttccc6694 Рік тому +2

    its amazing to see how pepole managed to make theese things shame that nobody really knows about the pepole who made it cause they deserve more credit

  • @muhammadhussainsarhandi9928
    @muhammadhussainsarhandi9928 6 років тому +7

    Sir you always rock, all of us learn a lot of Physics concepts from your excellent videos. In only 10 minutes duration video, you teach us all those excellent concepts, which our University Teachers can't teach us in a 4-years Bachelors Degree program. Sir may you always live happy, healthy, wealthy, respected life with your family and friends. We always love you Sir.

  • @captainobvious9233
    @captainobvious9233 7 років тому +121

    K. I made one. How do I install Angry Birds?

  • @OllyJC
    @OllyJC Місяць тому

    I'm glad I found this historical and educational film on blackberry phone devices

  • @MixolydianMode
    @MixolydianMode 10 років тому +9

    Is is always a pleasure to watch your videos. Thank you!

  • @polishpat95
    @polishpat95 5 років тому +40

    With all our pre knowledge and advanced technology, this is obviously still difficult to pull off for the average person. You.even needed to use a tester which Graham Bell didnt have. And it's still a challenge.
    *THIS PROVES ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL WAS A GENIOUS!!!!!!!*

    • @rosemitewu2968
      @rosemitewu2968 4 роки тому +2

      So true

    • @superpayaseria
      @superpayaseria 4 роки тому +6

      Dude they were way beyond genius. It's hard to even imagine the level of creativity, faith and determination. Beyond way beyond genius. Smart smart smart people weren't even close to close as genius as these guys.

    • @robbonabbo
      @robbonabbo 3 роки тому +2

      Well acually Meucci invented the Phone...

  • @abrahamgetahun39
    @abrahamgetahun39 7 років тому +2

    Please keeping adding awesome videos like this. Always great to watch them!

  • @Legomaster50243
    @Legomaster50243 7 років тому +5

    Thank you for posting this, I find this very interesting and cool!

  • @arturouriarte4006
    @arturouriarte4006 Рік тому +1

    Most amazing is, I think, is Mr. Bell's idea of convertining vibrations in a conducting liquid into an electric current. Thanks for th video.

  • @bekluwe
    @bekluwe 4 роки тому +1

    The inventor of the telephone was invented by the German Johann Phillip Reis who built his telephone in 1859. The first sentence was (translated) “The horse doesn’t eat cucumber salad”. In 1861 he gave a new model of his invention the name “Telephon”.

  • @ACPCalin
    @ACPCalin 10 років тому +21

    Woah! That's so cool! I'm definitely going to try making one of these. Never would have thought the principle behind the first phone was so simple. I'm a bit curious how it would have sounded if, instead of a speaker, you used the electromagnet with the metal switch(is it like a relay? )

  • @kinescope-zr8lh
    @kinescope-zr8lh 3 роки тому +1

    I have a book from 1888 called "the farm and household cyclopædia" in the book there's instructions for a telephone. Here they are
    To Make a Cheap Telephone. Take a wooden tooth-powder box and make a hole of about the size of a half crown in the lid and the bottom. Take a disk of tinned iron, such as can be had from a preserved meat tin, and place it on the outside of the bottom of the box, and fix the cover on the other side of it. Then take a small bar-magnet, place on one end a small cotton or silk reel, and round the reel wind some iron wire, leaving the ends loose. Fix one end of the magnet near, as near as possible without touching, to the disk, and then one part of the telephone is complete. A similar arrangement is needed for the other end. With this one can converse at a distance of about 100 yards

    • @abohosamabohosam4178
      @abohosamabohosam4178 Рік тому +1

      Hello.. Do you have a model that you made before on your channel that can be viewed to try to identify it to learn how I can make one. Thank you..

  • @Mehmet_Hasgul
    @Mehmet_Hasgul 4 роки тому +1

    This video is so helpful to understand how do phone works.

  • @olliemoore11
    @olliemoore11 10 років тому +4

    Brilliant demonstration. I want to try it. Can you you show us how to connect the battery to this model?

  • @martinlintzgy1361
    @martinlintzgy1361 5 років тому +2

    Bell managed to do this without amplified speakers.
    Now, that was impressive.

  • @Rubikorigami
    @Rubikorigami 10 років тому +17

    There needs to be an easter egg. There needs to be an easter egg in the interferences.

  • @andreutormos7210
    @andreutormos7210 4 роки тому

    I made one! Thank you for the video, wherever you are. We will remember you.

  • @shawnaburns5158
    @shawnaburns5158 10 місяців тому

    And now we have cell phones gollly how far we've come thank you for sharing❤

  • @KhalilFTW
    @KhalilFTW 5 років тому +9

    Alexander Graham Bell was only credited for it. the real inventor is Antonio Meucci]

  • @ahmarsaeed6085
    @ahmarsaeed6085 8 років тому +5

    Another genius with a sidekick called Watson!

    • @vinayseth1114
      @vinayseth1114 8 років тому +1

      +Ahmar Saeed Maybe this Watson was the inspiration behind the literary one?

    • @ahmarsaeed6085
      @ahmarsaeed6085 8 років тому

      Vinay Seth Probably yes!

  • @george543
    @george543 9 років тому +2

    Thank you for the inspirational video! I learned and am inspired!

  • @devinharris9284
    @devinharris9284 5 років тому

    You could use this as a microphone.
    I can just imagine that a person is online playing a game and uses this to talk, it would have to be amplified a lot though to make it understandable, but still proof of concept

  • @dcairol
    @dcairol 9 років тому +8

    I love all the things in this videos, including the music...gives you the feeling as you are about to make a discovery... (as it's actually gonna happen :-) )

    • @putnik805
      @putnik805 5 років тому

      is it possible to use ordinary drinking water? For telephone.

  • @valentinakruglikovskaya2371
    @valentinakruglikovskaya2371 7 років тому

    it is the night before the project about Bell's telephone is due, I just stated and this is everything I need to know, thanks!

  • @luthierwtb
    @luthierwtb Рік тому

    I noticed a bit of interference in this video's audio and recognized it as a cell phone. As a guitar player, I've heard that many times when my phone was too close to the guitar pickups. I found it a bit ironic, since it's a video about the telephone.

  • @FazersOnStun
    @FazersOnStun 5 років тому +1

    that is amazingly cool. Enjoyed your video

  • @vaibhavpatil2611
    @vaibhavpatil2611 10 років тому +2

    thank u so much very grateful to you Can you please do a vdo on safety measures when working with electricity?

  • @johndavid3474
    @johndavid3474 6 років тому +1

    ANTONIO MEUCCI was The Original Inventor of the Telephone Alexander Bell was only 2 years old when when Meucci invented the telephone. Alexander bell was the first person to patent the telephone Meucci sued, and the court case drew considerable public sympathy for the poor Italian immigrant who could barely speak English. But the judge ruled in favour of Bell.

  • @asharzaminanwarzamin9151
    @asharzaminanwarzamin9151 11 місяців тому

    Okay this was a great video with one possible element of confusion. You mentioned that when the Wire W vibrates it creates a varying resistance. I would explain it a bit differently. The Wire W is cutting through the magnetic field of the circuit. Hence, it is causing a fluctuation of the current. Since a metal object moving through a magnetic field produces it's own current. The fluctuating current then goes on to produce sound through the receiver as you explained. I do not see how varying resistance came into this. You are not limiting the current. You are merely breaking the magnetic field with a metallic object. Please anyone, feel free to correct me if I am wrong here.

  • @timothyvowell4773
    @timothyvowell4773 3 роки тому

    Great video. Thanks

  • @sameerchouksey91
    @sameerchouksey91 9 років тому +4

    Thank you for this amazing video. It was informative and inspirational at the same time..!! Slow clap..:)

  • @bakidilek
    @bakidilek 8 років тому +2

    great video thank you for this experiment.

  • @SUNSHINE-me8gz
    @SUNSHINE-me8gz 2 роки тому

    And electric sound so I believe you can hear on the other. Side also two technical technologies Alexander Grand Bell

  • @snoo333
    @snoo333 4 роки тому +1

    can you please tell me how a wire can carry actual human sound wave? I just can't get my head around how sound of a human can be transmitted through a wire.

    • @MrA2intl
      @MrA2intl 3 роки тому +2

      Human voice, and all sounds, are waves of compressions of air molecules (vibrating at hundreds or thousands of times per second) that travel through the air. The diaphragm and wire are moved up and down from these air compressions. The wire just barely in the liquid and the battery form a "pressure valve" for electrons flowing through the wire. The wire moving in and out of the liquid is like a rapidly adjusted valve (a "variable resistor") controlling the number of electrons traveling though the wire (the "current"). When the wire dips further into the vinegar, this valve (the "resistance") is opened up so more electrons can flow. The pattern of elections flowing (the "current waveform") is now varying with the same pattern as the air waves are (the sounds). The speaker then turns this varying current back into sound waves by an electromagnet (whose strength of magnet force changes depending on how much current is flowing though it) that pushes and pulls a paper cone in the same wave pattern as the current (and the original sound) has, so the sound is reproduced at the speaker.

    • @snoo333
      @snoo333 3 роки тому +2

      @@MrA2intl thank you Andrew for replying to my question. When I get home I will read your answer.
      Would you mind if I ask follow up questions.

    • @april5666
      @april5666 2 роки тому

      @@MrA2intl thank you very much. Your explaining how the sound wave is transmitted was actually what I wanted to understand. Very clearly expressed and thereby easy to understand.

  • @stefanolassandro886
    @stefanolassandro886 2 роки тому

    Great project, I loved the presentation and explanation!

  • @Saxy64
    @Saxy64 10 років тому

    Excellent and very interesting video. Thanks for your work and posting!

  • @jimmoses6617
    @jimmoses6617 Рік тому

    Some say a Mr. Gray invented the telephone, and Bell looked at Mr. Gray's "caveat", which was basically a place holder one submits to the U.S. Patent Office, after which time one has a year to submit final patent application. Bell looked at Gray's caveat and then within a couple of weeks he changed his design and made his telephone work. It was known at the time this was happening and there were many court cases about it. Bell started dating a prominent politician and judge's daughter who also had ties and influence at the U.S. Patent Office. He listened to Bell's idea and set up an appointment for him to view Gray's caveat. The Patent clerk was a drunk, owed this man's friend money, and testified that Bell had given him a $100 bill to look at the caveat.

  • @casst346
    @casst346 9 років тому +1

    that was great! thanks for sharing! very interesting!

  • @fearlessone9762
    @fearlessone9762 6 років тому +1

    What specific ammount of voltage does it need for it to work?

  • @420bars
    @420bars 9 років тому +18

    And now phones are used for porn and iselfies.

    • @Hmfdggd
      @Hmfdggd 9 років тому +8

      +Martin Godinez What a time to be alive!

    • @PerplexiaX
      @PerplexiaX 7 років тому

      Martin ...and without two cups and a string! LOL :-) (double entendre there)

    • @trooperchick3610
      @trooperchick3610 7 років тому

      LOL true lmao

  • @andreutormos7210
    @andreutormos7210 4 роки тому

    I loved this video. Wishing to try this asap.

  • @AlessandroZir
    @AlessandroZir Рік тому

    very nice! thank you; ❤️❤️

  • @sciencetoymaker
    @sciencetoymaker 10 років тому

    Good work.

  • @PerplexiaX
    @PerplexiaX 7 років тому +1

    Wow! Way to go! Great job! :-)

  • @bsummer
    @bsummer 2 роки тому

    I was learning the OSI / TCP IP model and i became curious about this invention.
    The ADHD Mind is a curious one.
    Thanks for This.

  • @dcheryasov
    @dcheryasov 4 роки тому

    Phone ringing
    Fud: Sorry wrong number
    Holly: how’s it going honey
    Fud: what are you doing now I thought it was the wrong number
    Holly : i’m sorry but it’s not a wrong number so what are you cooking today?
    Fud: i’m cooking fish rice casserole

  • @CurtisLittlechild92
    @CurtisLittlechild92 7 років тому

    Very intriguing stuff.

  • @jadetaylor5191
    @jadetaylor5191 10 місяців тому

    Im really interested to know how he even came to the idea that this was possible

  • @matthewseneris6095
    @matthewseneris6095 7 років тому +6

    I thought the 1st telephone is a string a can

    • @superpayaseria
      @superpayaseria 4 роки тому +1

      Of course. But we're talking the first true accurate electric phone.

  • @abhimanyau
    @abhimanyau 10 років тому

    Thanks a lot for upload this video.

  • @techguy9023
    @techguy9023 3 роки тому

    The photo shows what I believe was called the gallows transmitter. Drum head with a coil and metal piece in contact with it

  • @m2nagc
    @m2nagc 7 років тому

    Thank you for the excellent existing

  • @ArUn-tz4qn
    @ArUn-tz4qn 5 років тому

    Sir I have a doubt...the vessel which you poured vinegar it has to be a copper or any other material

  • @thewhitebulltierrier3074
    @thewhitebulltierrier3074 7 років тому

    nice lovely work he would be proud 📱📱📱📱

  • @rakeshlalradhakrishnan8343
    @rakeshlalradhakrishnan8343 8 років тому

    sir, one think but at that time how did they reproduced the sound here as u did by using a amplifier speakers. how did waston heard the voice??????

  • @p.surendra1664
    @p.surendra1664 4 роки тому

    My Major question is why the wire W from brass rod to suspended membrane wire connected ? You haven't did the same in your experiment also. It might be a Wave W - Hope not Wire "W".
    Please explain

  • @doublea3603
    @doublea3603 4 роки тому

    What can be used instead of nichrome wire and a copper bowl that contains vinegar?

  • @thesparkingwire
    @thesparkingwire 3 роки тому

    Very nice👍😍

  • @gtb81.
    @gtb81. 6 років тому

    You probably should have used a high voltage, usually sound systems of the early type were voltage driven, not current driven

  • @utsavgurung2783
    @utsavgurung2783 4 роки тому

    Wow so cool !

  • @Leonardo-un4cq
    @Leonardo-un4cq 6 років тому

    Hi, they left me a job and I would like to build one, could you tell me the specific materials?

  • @putnik805
    @putnik805 5 років тому

    is it possible to use ordinary drinking water? For telephone.

  • @chitrazinzurde1452
    @chitrazinzurde1452 7 років тому

    From where do the speakers get current supply...???

  • @PerfectChaosGX
    @PerfectChaosGX 10 років тому +1

    I don't see why the water thing was necessary. I thought in microphones the coil and magnet combination just moves up and down in ways respective to the amplitude and frequency of the sound waves that hit the diaphragm that the coil connects to. Why water?

    • @HackZiLLaQ8
      @HackZiLLaQ8 10 років тому +1

      because its science..come on..

    • @Smiirffable
      @Smiirffable 10 років тому +1

      That wasn't water, it was vinegar which is about 4-8% acetic acid; an electrolyte solution that allows the flow of electricity. The motion of the metal rod causes a change in current flow, thus changing the amount of current reaching the receiving electromagnet (speakers). This causes the vibration of the magnets in the speakers to be in sync with the input sound waves, effectively transferring sound from one location to another via electricity.

  • @ameer1992
    @ameer1992 3 роки тому

    Thanks

  • @lareinembouda3224
    @lareinembouda3224 2 роки тому

    I tried to build the same phone, I used plastic paper and a 9.5 volt battery but I have no signal. please can you help me this is for a school project and it would be super interesting for me to build one that works.

    • @chupacuca901
      @chupacuca901 2 роки тому

      Hi, did you manage to finish your project? I'm also trying to make one for the school fair. How did you manage to make yours work?

  • @marisamiddleton9053
    @marisamiddleton9053 4 роки тому

    I really want to attempt this. Are there any tips from anyone whose done it previously?

  • @تعلمأكثر-و7ض
    @تعلمأكثر-و7ض 5 років тому

    thank you Sir ,i hope that you make another copy of classics invention

  • @connorhoover9604
    @connorhoover9604 5 років тому

    Whats the measurments of the wood

  • @bachiryounes6163
    @bachiryounes6163 3 роки тому

    Great video! RIP sir.
    Does anyone know what kind of receiver was used back then to repeat back what Bell told Mr. Watson?

    • @Dark_Matter2
      @Dark_Matter2 3 роки тому

      Electromagnet with iron tin plate

  • @mimoslavija
    @mimoslavija 4 роки тому

    Beautiful 😊

  • @allonzo10586
    @allonzo10586 6 років тому

    I always wondered how can I build amplitude modulation...

  • @danyroo
    @danyroo 9 років тому

    What kind of Mambrane did you use ..

  • @blownspeakersss
    @blownspeakersss 6 років тому

    Wonderful

  • @67beppedoc
    @67beppedoc 9 років тому +3

    Meucci era il vero inventore....... upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Antonio_Meucci.jpg/220px-Antonio_Meucci.jpg

  • @begayty6342
    @begayty6342 5 років тому

    Where can you buy nichrome wire?

  • @DefineWatchmaker
    @DefineWatchmaker 9 років тому +1

    i love your all video love you😘😘😘

  • @ZanaschkaMineralien
    @ZanaschkaMineralien 10 років тому

    Thanks, that is great.

  • @YashwantVishwakarma
    @YashwantVishwakarma 4 роки тому

    How Alexander think about it???

  • @ingussilins6330
    @ingussilins6330 5 років тому

    Liquit mic is interesting device... use lake surface a large mic... ( put electrodes in lake and hear tought amplifier... ) need to try...

  • @fiddlermikey
    @fiddlermikey 9 років тому

    What was the power source?

  • @EruIluvatar
    @EruIluvatar 10 років тому +21

    Is the interference supposed to be a joke? :P 'cause you're talking about telephones lol Anyway nice video!

    • @putnik805
      @putnik805 5 років тому

      is it possible to use ordinary drinking water? For telephone.

    • @ohyeahtutorial
      @ohyeahtutorial 4 роки тому +1

      @@putnik805 It works with salt + water

  • @raymond18
    @raymond18 4 роки тому

    Ok. I've heard of peanuts, but teanuts? The world is a strange place.

  • @nischalstha016
    @nischalstha016 3 роки тому

    i was trying to make a wireless one!! is it possible?😅😅
    in which sound wave is converted to mechanical wave then a reciever which convert electric wave to sound wave!!
    also trying to make two way😅😅
    pls help me!!

  • @vadimplays4949
    @vadimplays4949 Рік тому

    Omg 8 years ago!!!

  • @Zooumberg
    @Zooumberg 3 роки тому +1

    Alex Graham Bell spoke into the telephone? What about the Italian who made a primitive aid for his wife. Surely that was the first telephone? Antonio Meucci.

  • @Shawn_White
    @Shawn_White 6 років тому

    how did they amplify the signal in the 1880's

  • @marguskiis7711
    @marguskiis7711 8 років тому

    Bell did not use the amplified speaker. It is an important difference.

  • @RickrollFoot
    @RickrollFoot 2 роки тому +1

    It's just an analog microphone.

  • @buditron3681
    @buditron3681 2 місяці тому

    What is the name of the liquid?

    • @pencilography2025
      @pencilography2025 2 місяці тому

      I think u can just use table salt in water. As long as its a liquid that conducts electricity decently

    • @buditron3681
      @buditron3681 2 місяці тому

      ​@@pencilography2025
      Oh i see.... Thanks

  • @빠방pabang
    @빠방pabang 3 роки тому

    Amazing now send so.much so many

  • @roy9161
    @roy9161 2 роки тому

    Because he was in the other room and actually heard him?? 😄😊