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Bell Dethroned as Telephone Inventor

Posted by michael on from the why-invent-when-you-can-steal dept.

On Hold writes "The US Congress has decided that A. G. Bell was not the real inventor of the telephone. According to this article, it was invented by a Florentine immigrant called Meucci. Meucci later worked with Bell in a lab, but couldn't afford the patent fees. It seems like Bell could." Wait until you read the stories giving Shawn Fanning credit for inventing P2P...

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  1. Re:credit where credit is due by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you fucktard, it's not "That Dell Guy." his name is Steve

  2. Re:credit where credit is due by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    His name is Robert Paulson.