### Clue: Bell, perhaps, in IOW place emitting second note (8)
### Answer: INVENTOR 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Bell, perhaps
 IN + "Ventnor"(a seaside resort in IOW/the Isle of Wight) **minus**(emitting) **its second** "n"(abbrev. for "note").
Answer: Of which Alexander Graham Bell is an example/perhaps.