The First Telephone

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  • čas přidán 20. 08. 2014
  • This video demonstrates how to construct a working model of Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone. This phone was constructed in 1876 and supported Bell's successful patent application for the first telephone.

Komentáře • 234

  • @Frances3654
    @Frances3654 Před 9 lety +122

    This seems deceptively simple. I always thought the principle behind the phone was magic.

    • @unidentified2918
      @unidentified2918 Před 9 lety +1

      LoL

    • @putnik805
      @putnik805 Před 5 lety

      is it possible to use ordinary drinking water? For telephone.

    • @Topsnbottoms
      @Topsnbottoms Před 4 lety

      same here

    • @shadowshadow2724
      @shadowshadow2724 Před 4 lety

      @@putnik805 add salt to water and it will be more conductive or add hydrochloric acid not too much, but use it in open area because you will produce chlorine gas

    • @brandonmcgillis
      @brandonmcgillis Před 3 lety

      @@putnik805 no because it wouldn’t have any conductivity

  • @plasmodiumfalciparum3545
    @plasmodiumfalciparum3545 Před 5 lety +68

    When I tried building this, I needed to add salt to the vinegar in order for it to work. Furthermore, the signal is so strong, I can hear the message very clearly!

    • @putnik805
      @putnik805 Před 5 lety +1

      is it possible to use ordinary drinking water? For telephone.

    • @beepbeepimasheep237beepbee3
      @beepbeepimasheep237beepbee3 Před 4 lety

      @@putnik805 uhh, i dont know.

    • @readysetgo4607
      @readysetgo4607 Před 4 lety

      Hello kind sir. I am wondering if there could be interference with this device: The microphone picking up the sounds the speakers make which auto amplifies.. ?

    • @landonbobbett2301
      @landonbobbett2301 Před 4 lety +1

      Nice! I tried this! It’s 100% clear! Thank you for saving me for helping with communicating

    • @stdsort8323
      @stdsort8323 Před 2 lety

      @@putnik805 You should have an ionic solution in order for the current to be run through. Drinking water is a poor electrolyte since it contains little to no dissolved compounds. A table salt solution will work fine, but keep in mind that running current through it will cause it to release toxic chlorine and explosive hydrogen gas. In my opinion, the best choice would be a non-active metal sulfate, such as copper (II) sulfate. It won't release any toxic compounds in the air.

  • @NatureForce37
    @NatureForce37 Před rokem +17

    I'm in a rabbit hole now, really trying to educate myself on things we take for granted because we're born into an era that already has everything invented and perfected, not really needing to understand the principles behind them! This is soooo cool! As an African American woman in my 20s, I want to acquire and understand these everyday things. So grateful for this video and the eloquent, detailed, easy-to-understand set-up of it. Thank you for posting!

  • @oiurehj
    @oiurehj Před 7 lety +10

    In 2002 the American Congress recognized the Meucci's invention as "the first telephone".

  • @yyhhttcccyyhhttccc6694
    @yyhhttcccyyhhttccc6694 Před rokem +2

    its amazing to see how pepole managed to make theese things shame that nobody really knows about the pepole who made it cause they deserve more credit

  • @muhammadhussainsarhandi9928

    Sir you always rock, all of us learn a lot of Physics concepts from your excellent videos. In only 10 minutes duration video, you teach us all those excellent concepts, which our University Teachers can't teach us in a 4-years Bachelors Degree program. Sir may you always live happy, healthy, wealthy, respected life with your family and friends. We always love you Sir.

  • @trailkeeper
    @trailkeeper Před 9 lety +31

    We must understand the primitiveness of all this. The light-bulb was not even available yet. Speakers and Microphones, and amplifiers were not available or thought of yet, and the record/recording machine was only being considered about this time. So in a way, Bell also invented the first speaker and microphone. It took quite some time about 50 years, till we have the coil/magnet speakers and microphones of today.

    • @eave01
      @eave01 Před 5 lety

      Was there even rubber for the diaphram? Or were they using leather or paper or something?

    • @putnik805
      @putnik805 Před 5 lety

      is it possible to use ordinary drinking water? For telephone.

    • @MarkR-wc2el
      @MarkR-wc2el Před 2 lety

      @@putnik805 its acid

  • @polishpat95
    @polishpat95 Před 5 lety +40

    With all our pre knowledge and advanced technology, this is obviously still difficult to pull off for the average person. You.even needed to use a tester which Graham Bell didnt have. And it's still a challenge.
    *THIS PROVES ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL WAS A GENIOUS!!!!!!!*

    • @rosemitewu2968
      @rosemitewu2968 Před 4 lety +2

      So true

    • @superpayaseria
      @superpayaseria Před 3 lety +6

      Dude they were way beyond genius. It's hard to even imagine the level of creativity, faith and determination. Beyond way beyond genius. Smart smart smart people weren't even close to close as genius as these guys.

    • @robbonabbo
      @robbonabbo Před 2 lety +2

      Well acually Meucci invented the Phone...

  • @abrahamgetahun39
    @abrahamgetahun39 Před 7 lety +2

    Please keeping adding awesome videos like this. Always great to watch them!

  • @captainobvious9233
    @captainobvious9233 Před 7 lety +120

    K. I made one. How do I install Angry Birds?

  • @mrsalavati5736
    @mrsalavati5736 Před 9 lety +5

    Wonderful video and tutorial. I was clapping for you, when i heard the device work.

  • @MixolydianMode
    @MixolydianMode Před 9 lety +9

    Is is always a pleasure to watch your videos. Thank you!

  • @das250250
    @das250250 Před 8 lety +8

    This is an important video because it discusses the pioneers original thoughts .. ty

  • @Legomaster50243
    @Legomaster50243 Před 7 lety +6

    Thank you for posting this, I find this very interesting and cool!

  • @Saxy64
    @Saxy64 Před 9 lety

    Excellent and very interesting video. Thanks for your work and posting!

  • @george543
    @george543 Před 9 lety +2

    Thank you for the inspirational video! I learned and am inspired!

  • @arturouriarte4006
    @arturouriarte4006 Před rokem +1

    Most amazing is, I think, is Mr. Bell's idea of convertining vibrations in a conducting liquid into an electric current. Thanks for th video.

  • @olliemoore11
    @olliemoore11 Před 9 lety +4

    Brilliant demonstration. I want to try it. Can you you show us how to connect the battery to this model?

  • @stefanolassandro886
    @stefanolassandro886 Před 2 lety

    Great project, I loved the presentation and explanation!

  • @FazersOnStun
    @FazersOnStun Před 5 lety +1

    that is amazingly cool. Enjoyed your video

  • @abhimanyau
    @abhimanyau Před 9 lety

    Thanks a lot for upload this video.

  • @bakidilek
    @bakidilek Před 8 lety +2

    great video thank you for this experiment.

  • @casst346
    @casst346 Před 8 lety +1

    that was great! thanks for sharing! very interesting!

  • @andreutormos7210
    @andreutormos7210 Před 4 lety

    I made one! Thank you for the video, wherever you are. We will remember you.

  • @PerplexiaX
    @PerplexiaX Před 6 lety +1

    Wow! Way to go! Great job! :-)

  • @mehmethasgul965
    @mehmethasgul965 Před 4 lety +1

    This video is so helpful to understand how do phone works.

  • @andreutormos7210
    @andreutormos7210 Před 4 lety

    I loved this video. Wishing to try this asap.

  • @timothyvowell4773
    @timothyvowell4773 Před 3 lety

    Great video. Thanks

  • @ACPCalin
    @ACPCalin Před 9 lety +21

    Woah! That's so cool! I'm definitely going to try making one of these. Never would have thought the principle behind the first phone was so simple. I'm a bit curious how it would have sounded if, instead of a speaker, you used the electromagnet with the metal switch(is it like a relay? )

  • @sciencetoymaker
    @sciencetoymaker Před 9 lety

    Good work.

  • @CurtisLittlechild92
    @CurtisLittlechild92 Před 7 lety

    Very intriguing stuff.

  • @shawnaburns5158
    @shawnaburns5158 Před 7 měsíci

    And now we have cell phones gollly how far we've come thank you for sharing❤

  • @m2nagc
    @m2nagc Před 7 lety

    Thank you for the excellent existing

  • @kinescope-zr8lh
    @kinescope-zr8lh Před 3 lety +1

    I have a book from 1888 called "the farm and household cyclopædia" in the book there's instructions for a telephone. Here they are
    To Make a Cheap Telephone. Take a wooden tooth-powder box and make a hole of about the size of a half crown in the lid and the bottom. Take a disk of tinned iron, such as can be had from a preserved meat tin, and place it on the outside of the bottom of the box, and fix the cover on the other side of it. Then take a small bar-magnet, place on one end a small cotton or silk reel, and round the reel wind some iron wire, leaving the ends loose. Fix one end of the magnet near, as near as possible without touching, to the disk, and then one part of the telephone is complete. A similar arrangement is needed for the other end. With this one can converse at a distance of about 100 yards

    • @abohosamabohosam4178
      @abohosamabohosam4178 Před rokem +1

      Hello.. Do you have a model that you made before on your channel that can be viewed to try to identify it to learn how I can make one. Thank you..

  • @Rubikorigami
    @Rubikorigami Před 9 lety +17

    There needs to be an easter egg. There needs to be an easter egg in the interferences.

  • @valentinakruglikovskaya2371

    it is the night before the project about Bell's telephone is due, I just stated and this is everything I need to know, thanks!

  • @dcairol
    @dcairol Před 9 lety +8

    I love all the things in this videos, including the music...gives you the feeling as you are about to make a discovery... (as it's actually gonna happen :-) )

    • @putnik805
      @putnik805 Před 5 lety

      is it possible to use ordinary drinking water? For telephone.

  • @AlessandroZir
    @AlessandroZir Před rokem

    very nice! thank you; ❤️❤️

  • @sameerchouksey91
    @sameerchouksey91 Před 9 lety +4

    Thank you for this amazing video. It was informative and inspirational at the same time..!! Slow clap..:)

  • @utsavgurung2783
    @utsavgurung2783 Před 4 lety

    Wow so cool !

  • @ZanaschkaMineralien
    @ZanaschkaMineralien Před 9 lety

    Thanks, that is great.

  • @devinharris9284
    @devinharris9284 Před 5 lety

    You could use this as a microphone.
    I can just imagine that a person is online playing a game and uses this to talk, it would have to be amplified a lot though to make it understandable, but still proof of concept

  • @mimoslavija
    @mimoslavija Před 4 lety

    Beautiful 😊

  • @aashukumar4423
    @aashukumar4423 Před 6 lety

    Wonderful

  • @vaibhavpatil2611
    @vaibhavpatil2611 Před 9 lety +2

    thank u so much very grateful to you Can you please do a vdo on safety measures when working with electricity?

  • @KhalilFTW
    @KhalilFTW Před 5 lety +9

    Alexander Graham Bell was only credited for it. the real inventor is Antonio Meucci]

  • @bekluwe
    @bekluwe Před 4 lety +1

    The inventor of the telephone was invented by the German Johann Phillip Reis who built his telephone in 1859. The first sentence was (translated) “The horse doesn’t eat cucumber salad”. In 1861 he gave a new model of his invention the name “Telephon”.

  • @luthierwtb
    @luthierwtb Před rokem

    I noticed a bit of interference in this video's audio and recognized it as a cell phone. As a guitar player, I've heard that many times when my phone was too close to the guitar pickups. I found it a bit ironic, since it's a video about the telephone.

  • @DefineWatchmaker
    @DefineWatchmaker Před 9 lety +1

    i love your all video love you😘😘😘

  • @thewhitebulltierrier3074

    nice lovely work he would be proud 📱📱📱📱

  • @ahmarsaeed6085
    @ahmarsaeed6085 Před 8 lety +5

    Another genius with a sidekick called Watson!

    • @vinayseth1114
      @vinayseth1114 Před 8 lety +1

      +Ahmar Saeed Maybe this Watson was the inspiration behind the literary one?

    • @ahmarsaeed6085
      @ahmarsaeed6085 Před 8 lety

      Vinay Seth Probably yes!

  • @user-fr5rk2ct9k
    @user-fr5rk2ct9k Před 5 lety

    thank you Sir ,i hope that you make another copy of classics invention

  • @martinlintzgy1361
    @martinlintzgy1361 Před 4 lety +2

    Bell managed to do this without amplified speakers.
    Now, that was impressive.

  • @ameer1992
    @ameer1992 Před 3 lety

    Thanks

  • @bachiryounes6163
    @bachiryounes6163 Před 3 lety

    Great video! RIP sir.
    Does anyone know what kind of receiver was used back then to repeat back what Bell told Mr. Watson?

  • @thesparkingwire
    @thesparkingwire Před 3 lety

    Very nice👍😍

  • @fearlessone9762
    @fearlessone9762 Před 5 lety +1

    What specific ammount of voltage does it need for it to work?

  • @theultimatehunt
    @theultimatehunt Před 4 lety

    Thats so crazy!!!!!!

  • @chamshigamshi1265
    @chamshigamshi1265 Před 8 lety

    respect

  • @asharzaminanwarzamin9151
    @asharzaminanwarzamin9151 Před 8 měsíci

    Okay this was a great video with one possible element of confusion. You mentioned that when the Wire W vibrates it creates a varying resistance. I would explain it a bit differently. The Wire W is cutting through the magnetic field of the circuit. Hence, it is causing a fluctuation of the current. Since a metal object moving through a magnetic field produces it's own current. The fluctuating current then goes on to produce sound through the receiver as you explained. I do not see how varying resistance came into this. You are not limiting the current. You are merely breaking the magnetic field with a metallic object. Please anyone, feel free to correct me if I am wrong here.

  • @jimmoses6617
    @jimmoses6617 Před 10 měsíci

    Some say a Mr. Gray invented the telephone, and Bell looked at Mr. Gray's "caveat", which was basically a place holder one submits to the U.S. Patent Office, after which time one has a year to submit final patent application. Bell looked at Gray's caveat and then within a couple of weeks he changed his design and made his telephone work. It was known at the time this was happening and there were many court cases about it. Bell started dating a prominent politician and judge's daughter who also had ties and influence at the U.S. Patent Office. He listened to Bell's idea and set up an appointment for him to view Gray's caveat. The Patent clerk was a drunk, owed this man's friend money, and testified that Bell had given him a $100 bill to look at the caveat.

  • @SUNSHINE-me8gz
    @SUNSHINE-me8gz Před 2 lety

    And electric sound so I believe you can hear on the other. Side also two technical technologies Alexander Grand Bell

  • @marisamiddleton9053
    @marisamiddleton9053 Před 4 lety

    I really want to attempt this. Are there any tips from anyone whose done it previously?

  • @gtb81.
    @gtb81. Před 5 lety

    You probably should have used a high voltage, usually sound systems of the early type were voltage driven, not current driven

  • @chitrazinzurde1452
    @chitrazinzurde1452 Před 7 lety

    From where do the speakers get current supply...???

  • @allonzo10586
    @allonzo10586 Před 6 lety

    I always wondered how can I build amplitude modulation...

  • @rogersampras7345
    @rogersampras7345 Před 9 lety

    thats cool

  • @techguy9023
    @techguy9023 Před 2 lety

    The photo shows what I believe was called the gallows transmitter. Drum head with a coil and metal piece in contact with it

  • @jadetaylor5191
    @jadetaylor5191 Před 7 měsíci

    Im really interested to know how he even came to the idea that this was possible

  • @johndavid3474
    @johndavid3474 Před 6 lety +1

    ANTONIO MEUCCI was The Original Inventor of the Telephone Alexander Bell was only 2 years old when when Meucci invented the telephone. Alexander bell was the first person to patent the telephone Meucci sued, and the court case drew considerable public sympathy for the poor Italian immigrant who could barely speak English. But the judge ruled in favour of Bell.

  • @kamalmoha8301
    @kamalmoha8301 Před 8 lety

    its nice

  • @rakeshlalradhakrishnan8343

    sir, one think but at that time how did they reproduced the sound here as u did by using a amplifier speakers. how did waston heard the voice??????

  • @ArUn-tz4qn
    @ArUn-tz4qn Před 5 lety

    Sir I have a doubt...the vessel which you poured vinegar it has to be a copper or any other material

  • @connorhoover9604
    @connorhoover9604 Před 4 lety

    Whats the measurments of the wood

  • @danyroo
    @danyroo Před 9 lety

    What kind of Mambrane did you use ..

  • @Leonardo-un4cq
    @Leonardo-un4cq Před 6 lety

    Hi, they left me a job and I would like to build one, could you tell me the specific materials?

  • @ingussilins6330
    @ingussilins6330 Před 5 lety

    Liquit mic is interesting device... use lake surface a large mic... ( put electrodes in lake and hear tought amplifier... ) need to try...

  • @doublea3603
    @doublea3603 Před 3 lety

    What can be used instead of nichrome wire and a copper bowl that contains vinegar?

  • @begayty6342
    @begayty6342 Před 5 lety

    Where can you buy nichrome wire?

  • @user-vg7jc7hy6z
    @user-vg7jc7hy6z Před 2 lety

    Amazing now send so.much so many

  • @vadimplays4949
    @vadimplays4949 Před rokem

    Omg 8 years ago!!!

  • @matthewseneris6095
    @matthewseneris6095 Před 7 lety +6

    I thought the 1st telephone is a string a can

    • @superpayaseria
      @superpayaseria Před 3 lety +1

      Of course. But we're talking the first true accurate electric phone.

  • @bsummer
    @bsummer Před 2 lety

    I was learning the OSI / TCP IP model and i became curious about this invention.
    The ADHD Mind is a curious one.
    Thanks for This.

  • @fiddlermikey
    @fiddlermikey Před 8 lety

    What was the power source?

  • @putnik805
    @putnik805 Před 5 lety

    is it possible to use ordinary drinking water? For telephone.

  • @PerfectChaosGX
    @PerfectChaosGX Před 9 lety +1

    I don't see why the water thing was necessary. I thought in microphones the coil and magnet combination just moves up and down in ways respective to the amplitude and frequency of the sound waves that hit the diaphragm that the coil connects to. Why water?

    • @HackZiLLaQ8
      @HackZiLLaQ8 Před 9 lety +1

      because its science..come on..

    • @Smiirffable
      @Smiirffable Před 9 lety +1

      That wasn't water, it was vinegar which is about 4-8% acetic acid; an electrolyte solution that allows the flow of electricity. The motion of the metal rod causes a change in current flow, thus changing the amount of current reaching the receiving electromagnet (speakers). This causes the vibration of the magnets in the speakers to be in sync with the input sound waves, effectively transferring sound from one location to another via electricity.

  • @snoo333
    @snoo333 Před 3 lety +1

    can you please tell me how a wire can carry actual human sound wave? I just can't get my head around how sound of a human can be transmitted through a wire.

    • @MrA2intl
      @MrA2intl Před 2 lety +1

      Human voice, and all sounds, are waves of compressions of air molecules (vibrating at hundreds or thousands of times per second) that travel through the air. The diaphragm and wire are moved up and down from these air compressions. The wire just barely in the liquid and the battery form a "pressure valve" for electrons flowing through the wire. The wire moving in and out of the liquid is like a rapidly adjusted valve (a "variable resistor") controlling the number of electrons traveling though the wire (the "current"). When the wire dips further into the vinegar, this valve (the "resistance") is opened up so more electrons can flow. The pattern of elections flowing (the "current waveform") is now varying with the same pattern as the air waves are (the sounds). The speaker then turns this varying current back into sound waves by an electromagnet (whose strength of magnet force changes depending on how much current is flowing though it) that pushes and pulls a paper cone in the same wave pattern as the current (and the original sound) has, so the sound is reproduced at the speaker.

    • @snoo333
      @snoo333 Před 2 lety +2

      @@MrA2intl thank you Andrew for replying to my question. When I get home I will read your answer.
      Would you mind if I ask follow up questions.

    • @april5666
      @april5666 Před 2 lety

      @@MrA2intl thank you very much. Your explaining how the sound wave is transmitted was actually what I wanted to understand. Very clearly expressed and thereby easy to understand.

  • @Shawn_White
    @Shawn_White Před 6 lety

    how did they amplify the signal in the 1880's

  • @buditron3681
    @buditron3681 Před 2 hodinami

    What is the name of the liquid?

  • @p.surendra1664
    @p.surendra1664 Před 4 lety

    My Major question is why the wire W from brass rod to suspended membrane wire connected ? You haven't did the same in your experiment also. It might be a Wave W - Hope not Wire "W".
    Please explain

  • @EruIluvatar
    @EruIluvatar Před 9 lety +21

    Is the interference supposed to be a joke? :P 'cause you're talking about telephones lol Anyway nice video!

    • @putnik805
      @putnik805 Před 5 lety

      is it possible to use ordinary drinking water? For telephone.

    • @ohyeahtutorial
      @ohyeahtutorial Před 4 lety +1

      @@putnik805 It works with salt + water

  • @YashwantVishwakarma
    @YashwantVishwakarma Před 3 lety

    How Alexander think about it???

  • @joepsuttorp9156
    @joepsuttorp9156 Před 5 lety

    What's it called

  • @marguskiis7711
    @marguskiis7711 Před 7 lety

    Bell did not use the amplified speaker. It is an important difference.

  • @nischalstha016
    @nischalstha016 Před 3 lety

    i was trying to make a wireless one!! is it possible?😅😅
    in which sound wave is converted to mechanical wave then a reciever which convert electric wave to sound wave!!
    also trying to make two way😅😅
    pls help me!!

  • @JonasBilLaban
    @JonasBilLaban Před měsícem

  • @CYBRTRK.
    @CYBRTRK. Před 29 dny

    👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @lareinembouda3224
    @lareinembouda3224 Před 2 lety

    I tried to build the same phone, I used plastic paper and a 9.5 volt battery but I have no signal. please can you help me this is for a school project and it would be super interesting for me to build one that works.

    • @chupacuca901
      @chupacuca901 Před rokem

      Hi, did you manage to finish your project? I'm also trying to make one for the school fair. How did you manage to make yours work?

  • @imovelrico
    @imovelrico Před 8 lety +2

    You know tell the Difference Between the telephone Bell and Antonio Meucci ?
    Antonio Meucci used alternating current ?

    • @marconi12121901
      @marconi12121901 Před 7 lety +5

      Meucci discovered the voice transmission in 1849 and between 1858 and 1860 he built an almost perfect phone model .
      The generator was invented in 1888 .....
      Studying a little more ........

  • @vishrutsoni9426
    @vishrutsoni9426 Před 3 lety

    🔥🙇