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First Distant Speech Transmission in Canada, 1876

On 10 August 1876, Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated on this site that the human voice could be transmitted electrically over distance. While family members spoke into a transmitter in Brantford, 13 km away, Bell was able to hear them at a receiver located here. This test convinced Bell that his invention could be used for communication between towns and could compete successfully with the telegraph.

The plaque is publicly viewable at 91 Grand River N, Paris, Ontario N3L 2M3, Canada.

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On the night of 10 August 1876, Alexander Graham Bell transmitted human voices by means of electrified wires from Brantford, Ontario, Canada, to Paris, Ontario, Canada, a distance of 13 km, firmly establishing the electric speaking telephone as an effective method of communication. Musical notes, the human voice, and songs spoken and sung were plainly audible at the other end. This was a one-way communication, sounds from Brantford were audible to Bell in Paris. This was the climax of several "distance tests" Bell had conducted in Ontario.

Bell made use of the telegraph wires of the Dominion Telegraph Company between its office in Brantford and its office in Paris. Because the battery power available at Brantford was to low for Bell's membrane telephones, the Dominion Telegraph Company provided power from Hamilton and Toronto, Ontario. Bell connected his membrane telephone and triple mouthpiece to the wires at the Brantford office, then, at the Paris office, he connected his iron box receiver. Through bubbling and crackling sounds, Bell could hear the voices from Brantford. By using high resistance electro-magnetic coils at each end of the line, the sounds were transmitted and received so distinctly that Bell could recognize the voices of the speakers.

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-== First Intelligible Voice Transmission over Electric Wire, 1876&nbsp;  ==
+== First Distant Speech Transmission in Canada, 1876&nbsp;  ==
-''[[Image:First intelligible voice transmission.jpg|thumb]]The first transmission of intelligible speech over electrical wires took place on 10 March 1876. Inventor [[Alexander Graham Bell|Alexander Graham Bell]] called out to his assistant Thomas Watson, “Mr. Watson, come here! I want to see you.” This transmission took place in their attic laboratory located in a near here at 5 Exeter Place.''
+''On 10 August 1876, [[Alexander Graham Bell]] demonstrated on this site that the human voice could be transmitted electrically over distance. While family members spoke into a transmitter in Brantford, 13 km away, Bell was able to hear them at a receiver located here. This test convinced Bell that his invention could be used for communication between towns and could compete successfully with the [[Telegraph|telegraph]].''
-The milestone plaque may be viewed close to Lafayette Place, near where Avenue de Lafayette and Essex Streets intersect. There is an existing historical marker close by commemorating the site of the original laboratory where Watson and Bell constructed their telephone equipment at 109 Court Street.
+'''The plaque is publicly viewable at 91 Grand River N, Paris, Ontario N3L 2M3, Canada.'''
-[[Image:Bell_Telephone_plaque_Boston.jpeg|200px|thumb|left|The Milestone plaque at Lafayette and Essex, Boston, Massachusetts]]
+[[Image:First Distant Speech Transmission in Canada.jpg|thumb]]On the night of 10 August 1876, [[Alexander Graham Bell]] transmitted human voices by means of electrified wires from Brantford, Ontario, Canada, to Paris, Ontario, Canada, a distance of 13 km, firmly establishing the electric speaking telephone as an effective method of communication. Musical notes, the human voice, and songs spoken and sung were plainly audible at the other end. This was a one-way communication, sounds from Brantford were audible to Bell in Paris. This was the climax of several "distance tests" Bell had conducted in Ontario.
-A pioneer in the field of telecommunications, [[Alexander Graham Bell]] was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He moved to Ontario, and then to the United States, settling in Boston, before beginning his career as an inventor. Throughout his life, Bell had been interested in the education of deaf people. This interest led him to invent the microphone and, in 1876, his “electrical speech machine,” which we now call a telephone.
+Bell made use of the telegraph wires of the Dominion Telegraph Company between its office in Brantford and its office in Paris. Because the [[Batteries|battery]] power available at Brantford was to low for Bell's membrane telephones, the Dominion Telegraph Company provided power from Hamilton and Toronto, Ontario. Bell connected his membrane telephone and triple mouthpiece to the wires at the Brantford office, then, at the Paris office, he connected his iron box receiver. Through bubbling and crackling sounds, Bell could hear the voices from Brantford. By using high resistance electro-magnetic coils at each end of the line, the sounds were transmitted and received so distinctly that Bell could recognize the voices of the speakers.
-The first transmission of voice over electric wires was from Alexander Graham Bell to his laboratory assistant Thomas Watson on March 10, 1876. This historic event was marked by Bell’s famous phrase, “Mr. Watson, come here! I want to see you.” This first telephone transmission took place at the Bell &amp; Watson laboratory located at 5 Exeter Place in Boston. News of Bell’s invention quickly spread throughout the country, even throughout Europe. The first long distance telephone call was made on August 10, 1876 by Bell from the family home in Brantford, Ontario to his assistant located in Paris, Ontario, ten miles away. By 1878, Bell had set up the first telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut. Long distance connections were made between Boston, Massachusetts and New York City by 1884, (the year [[IEEE History|IEEE]] was founded.)
+== Map ==
-In 1876, Bell got a patent for the telephone and started the Bell Telephone Company with others in July, 1877. Two years later, this company joined the New England Telephone Company to form the National Bell Telephone Company. In 1880, they established the American Bell Telephone Company, and in 1885, American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&amp;T), still a large enterprise today.
+{{#display_map:91, Grand River St. N, Paris, Ontario, Canada, The location is now "The River Lilly" store|height=250|zoom=10|static=yes|center=43.193841, -80.384127}}
-Electric communication has had a long evolving history. It began with early telegraph inventions by [[Charles Wheatstone|Wheatstone]], [[Samuel Morse|Morse]], Hughes, [[Joseph Henry|Henry]], and has continued with the submarine cable, and with pioneers like [[Guglielmo Marconi|Marconi]] and [[Aleksandr Popov|Popov]]. These early telegraphic innovations and Marconi’s wireless system were improvements in the way people communicated with each other. Yet, the invention of the telephone was a quantum leap over all previous technologies. By allowing individuals to communicate remotely and instantly from the safety of their home, the telephone has had global, pervasive, and profound impacts on mankind.
-== Map ==
-{{#display_map:42.359377, -71.058043~ ~ ~ ~ ~City Hall Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.|height=250|zoom=10|static=yes|center=42.359377, -71.058043}}
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-[[Category:Telephony|Voice]]
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