10-23-2010, 02:12 AM
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Tenacius "Ace" Salander Graduated x12 x12
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Originally Posted by Lislchen Oh, they were so clever. Jeremy refrained from grinning proudly at Fina but simply continued to smile at the class. "Correct to all of you who mentioned Charles Bourseul, Antonio Meucci, Johann Philipp Reis, Alexander Bell, Elisha Gray or Thomas Edison." He quickly flicked his wand at the board to make the names appear so they could copy them down if they wanted to. "Like I said, it is still unsure who exactly was the inventor of the electric telephone, however Bell was the first one to receive a patent for the invention of the telephone." At this he briefly gave Kurumi a small smile, who had mentioned Lewis Lattimer who had been helpful with said patent. "Furthermore, Thomas Edison is probably one of the most famous of the previously mentioned, because he invented one very essential thing about the electrical telephone. The carbon microphone." He held up the respective part of the red telephone for everybody to see and pointed at the end closest to the cable to indicate that that was were the microphone was. "Can anybody of you tell me what this part of the telephone is called and what the other end is called and used for?" He nodded at said end, waiting for them to reply. Salander tilted his head as he watched the Professor gesture towards the phone. It was a simple enough question, but got even the muggle-raise lad stumped. Hardly anybody even thinks about what the proper parts are called dont they? "That part where the cable is hanging off from-- thats the mouthpiece I think... the other end where you listen from is the earpiece. And that whole thing is called a handset." |
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