2006-07-06 02:12:38 · 15 answers · asked by lin c 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Land Phones
Alexander Graham Bell with the assistance of Mr. Watson in 1876. The first two telephone were connected directly to each other and therefore did not require dialling. When telephones first became commercially available you required an operator to connect your call (when you went off hook it signalled the operator who then asked you who you would like to speak with). the dial was invented in the early 1900's (not 1958 like the other response) by a Mr. A. Strowger who was an undertaker. He felt that the local operator (who happened to be the wife of his major competitor) was directing his business to her husbands telephone.
2006-07-08 13:20:51 · answer #1 · answered by Max2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-06 02:16:33 · answer #2 · answered by mike_ra_swanson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-06 02:16:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-06 02:15:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Need to go back to history class! Telephones didn't use numbers for dialing until 1958 when Wichita Falls, TX used it. Before that you would pick up the receiver and talk to an operator who connected your calls. Your telephone number also was a combination of letters and numbers at the time.
Going back to Alexander Graham Bell's invention, there were only two telephones in the world if you think about it. Why would he have to "dial" anything. He spoke into one "Mr. Watson, I need you come here" and Mr. Watson heard it in the other room.
2006-07-06 02:20:10 · answer #5 · answered by thunder2sys 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alexander Graham Bell is credited with the invention, I do not believe that the early phones had numbers, but required a contact to be connected from one source to another.
2006-07-06 02:16:37 · answer #6 · answered by jegreencreek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Upon completing his experiment Mr Bell tried to place a call to test his phone. He was connected to a automated menu that asked "If you are calling to test a new invention, please press 1" So Mr Bell selected '1' and was transferred to another automated menu. After making his second selection Mr Bell spent the next 30 minutes on hold being told that his call was very important to us and to please remain on the line for the next available representative.
2006-07-06 02:20:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alexander Graham Bell , but as this was the first handset he got frustrated as there was no sexlines to call
2006-07-08 10:14:00 · answer #8 · answered by bass heed 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mr bell and the number he dialled was probably mine using reverse charges looking at the state of my phone bills x
2006-07-08 08:23:58 · answer #9 · answered by buggerlugs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no number the connection was like a Morse code thingy
2006-07-10 19:35:49 · answer #10 · answered by GRUMPY /UK 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋