The Telephone Patent Conspiracy of 1876: The Elisha Gray-Alexander Bell Controversy and Its Many PlayersMcFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2000 M12 29 - 259 páginas The invention of the telephone is a subject of great controversy, central is which is the patent issued to Alexander Graham Bell on March 7, 1876. Many problems and questions surround this patent, not the least of which was its collision in the Patent Office with a strangely similar invention by archrival Elisha Gray. A flood of lawsuits followed the patent's issue; at one point the government attempted to annul Bell's patent and launched an investigation into how it was granted. From court testimony, contemporary accounts, government documents, and the participants' correspondence, a fascinating story emerges. More than just a tale of rivalry between two inventors, it is the story of how a small group of men made Bell's patent the cornerstone for an emerging telephone monopoly. This book recounts the little-known story in full, relying on original documents (most never before published) to preserve the flavor of the debate and provide an authentic account. Among the several appendices is the "lost copy" of Bell's original patent, the document that precipitated the charge of fraud against the Bell Telephone Company. |
Contenido
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
Chapter 2 | 18 |
Chapter 3 | 27 |
Chapter 4 | 36 |
Chapter 5 | 51 |
Chapter 9 | 63 |
Chapter 6 | 71 |
The Unexplained | 85 |
Chapter 12 | 141 |
Chapter 13 | 155 |
Chapter 14 | 165 |
Chapter 15 | 176 |
Chapter 16 | 188 |
Appendices | 201 |
Dr Elisha Gray | 217 |
Patent Office Copy of Bells Patent No 174465 | 225 |
Chapter 8 | 94 |
Revealing Correspondence | 103 |
Chapter 10 | 114 |
Chapter 11 | 127 |
E Patent Office Copy of Bells Patent No 186787 | 233 |
F Charles Bourseul LIllustration August 26 1854 | 241 |
Selected Bibliography | 253 |
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