The Reis telephone, was an invention by Philipp Reis inspired by a French article in 1854 (by Charles Bourseul) on how to create microphone-like devices. His first successful work was achieved in October 1861.
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“The telephone gives us the happiness of being together yet safely apart.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)