In June 11, 2002 the House of Representatives of the U.S voted the resolution H.RES.269 acknowledging that the real inventor of the telephone is Antonio Meucci; not A.G.Bell as stated in the mainstream records. Meucci’s invention was called the “teletrofono” and had been demonstrated in 1860, then filed for patent in 1871. But the Italian inventor, living on public assistance, was not able to pursue the patenting process because he could not pay the 10 Dollars fee. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell, who had been conducting experiments in the same laboratory where Meucci’s materials were stored, was granted a patent and credited as the formal inventor of the telephone.
In 1887 though, the government of the U.S moved to annul Bell’s patent on the grounds of fraud and misinterpretation. But the case was discontinued without ever reaching a conclusion. The resolution of the U.S Congress in 2002 was a historic settlement that corrects one of the major scientific injustices in the history of the mankind.
Hereafter the text of the resolution.
semper_quaerens on June 26th, 2017 at 03:53 UTC »
After reading about the Wright brothers and how Bell spied on them I'm beginning to think he was a real crook.
guerisimo on June 26th, 2017 at 03:10 UTC »
$10 in 1871 has got to be in the range of $500-700 in 2017 dollars. Tough to say though since state governments and banks were still issuing their own currencies not too long before that.
soccerplaya71 on June 26th, 2017 at 01:16 UTC »
Then they should also credit Woodward and Evans with inventing the lightbulb. Not Edison. They invented it and sold him the patent before he made it better, and mainstream