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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Alexander Graham Bell
Scottish. Yes, the telephone was called an 'Ameche' for a time in the 40's because Don Ameche played Bell in the movie version, but the real Bell was a Scotsman.
Teacher of the Deaf. Not only did Bell follow in his father's footsteps(the elder Bell's work in Visible Speech for the Deaf inspired Shaw's Pygmalion) but Bell's mother and wife were also deaf!
Elisha Gray. Yep, Bell beat Gray to the patent office!
Thomas Watson. 'Mr. Watson, come here, I want you!' cried Bell when he spilt acid on his pants. The other Watson hung out with that detective...
National Geographic. It was in the 1880's that Bell was one of the founders of the society and the still-popular magazine.
Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia, of course, means New Scotland!
light bulb. The light bulb was {Edison's;} Bell was involved in aviation and hydrofoil design, and his photophone, while an initial flop, pointed the way to fiber optics.
Tetrahedron. Bell's work with the tetrahedron(four-sided trianglular solid) preceded Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome by decades.
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