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    What do Sherlock Holmes and Alexander Graham Bell have in common?

    Question #109419. Asked by star_gazer. (Oct 04 09 8:28 AM)


    BRY2K

    		John H. Watson is the British doctor who becomes the friend, sometime roommate, and sidekick of the famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. He both accompanies Holmes on all of his adventures and narrates the tales.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Watson_(Sherlock_Holmes)

    Thomas Augustus Watson (was an assistant to Alexander Graham Bell, notably in the invention of the telephone in 1876. He is best known because his name was one of the first words spoken over the telephone. "Mr. Watson - Come here - I want to see you." were the first words Bell said using the new invention, according to Bell's laboratory notebook.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_A._Watson

    Oct 04 09, 8:47 AM

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