{"product_id":"the-telephone-and-its-several-lewis-coe-9780786426096","title":"The Telephone and Its Several Inventors: A History","description":"\u003cp\u003e On March 7, 1876, the U.S. Patent Office issued to a young inventor named Alexander Graham Bell what is arguably the most valuable patent ever: entitled \"improvements in telegraphy,\" in truth it secured for Bell the basic principles involved in a telephone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e On the same day that Bell filed his patent application, a caveat (a preliminary patent document) was filed by Elisha Gray. This coincidence sparked the first of many debates over whether Bell was the true inventor of the telephone. In the early 1860s Johann Phillipp Reis developed a version of the instrument, but his claims against Bell were hampered by the bungling of his lawyers in demonstrating his instrument in court. This work is a first look at the many men who developed the telephone and an examination of their claims against Bell's patent. A lay description of the phone is also provided, as well as a history of the development of the telephone system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lewis Coe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786426098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786426096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.94w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2006 pg. 123","brand":"Lewis Coe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47520292634879,"sku":"9780786426096","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ee0d200d-890c-4220-ac86-496b7e21a0a5.jpg?v=1762884710","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-telephone-and-its-several-lewis-coe-9780786426096","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}