Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-08-03

sane with Joy when he heard over
the wire Bells voice saying:
Mr.. Watson, come here, I want
you"
On his 29th birthday. Bell received
his patent. 1t was at the Centen-
NAL Exposition held at Philadelphia,
two months later, where men of
science the world over who had come
10 examine and study the numerous
inventions exhibited, saw Prof. Bell
give a practical demonstration Of the
transmission of the human voice by
electricity.
AS for Bell himself, he had not
planned to attend the Centennial at
All, lie was poor and he had reor-
-rani2ci his classes IN voca, speech.
Toward the end of June he went to
tie station to see Miss Hubbard off
for Philadelphia. There had been
a&nc talk of his going, but he had
put it quietly aside. She believed he
was going; when they reached the
station she pleaded with him and was
refused AS he put her aboard the
train and ii moved out, leaving him
or the platform, she burst out cry
ing. Bcn dashed after her and
eprang aboard the train, without
baggage, ticket or any other triflcs.
The noXt Sunday afternoon Bell
was promised an inspection Of his in
vcntiQn Nv the judges of exhibits. 1t
was hot day and the judges had
seen a great deal. Some of them
were for going home; one jecred, and
there was a general boredom. Then
there. appeared the blonde-b bearded
Emperor of Brazil, with outstreched
hands. He had heard some of Bells
lectures on Boston, the dcaf-mute
work appealed to him. His greeting
made a stir. Bell made ready for
his demonstration. A wire had been
strung the length of the room. Bell
took the transmittcr; Don Pedro
placed The receiver to his car. lie
started Up amazed:
my Goi-it talks"
The distinguished inventor was the
recipient Of many honors in this
this country and abroad. The French
/ Government, ever quick to recognize
science, conferred on him the dccora-
tion of the Legion of Honor the
French Academy bestowed on him
its valuable Volta prize Of 10000
francs the Society Of Arts in Lon
don in 1902 gave him its Albert
Medal and the University of Wurz-
burg. bavaria, made him a PHI D.
While DIR Bell will he best remcm-
hcrCd rs the inventor of the telephone
claim that has been sustained
through many legal contests hn also
became noted for other Inventions
10 was Joint inventor Of the grapha-
Hhone with Sumner Taintor. lie in
vented an tngenius method Of litho-
grarhy. photophone, and an induc-
ton balance. lie invented tclc-
phone probe which he used to locate
the bullet that killed President Gar
field. He spent i years and over
100000 in testing his famous tetrahe-
dral Kite and established a principle
in architecture, the use of tatrahedral
cells or units.
Throughout his life, Dr. Bell main
tanned his interest and labors for
doaf-mutes. He founded. became
the American Association to Promote
Teaching Of Speech 20 the Deaf. He
was a member Of many Of the lead |
irE American learned societies.
pr. Bells laboratories have been
located since 1886 near Baddeck. Cane
Breton. There for many years he con
Quoted research and experiment in
aerial locomot{ and other scientific
subjects and maintained his private
museum showing the devclopment Of
his greatest inventions. He eneour-
aged Samuel p. Langley to invent the
first flying machine.
DR. Bell formed in 1907 the Aerial
Experiment Association with head
quarters in Cape Breton and its OBJ
ject to learn to fly.
In the world war, DR.. Bell and F.
W. Baldwin invented a boat called a
kydrodrome which developed a speed
Of 70 miles an hour and was called
the fastest in the world.
Message to Widow
New York, Aug. 2-H. Z. Tbaver.
president of the American Telenhone