Conversation so far:
How old was Alexander Graham Bell when he made his first invention?
12
What did Alexander Graham Bell invent?
dehusking machine
What was Alexander Graham Bell's dehusking machine used for?
Dehusk crops.

Question: By inventing this, what happened to allow him to continue inventing things?
Self-contained rewrite: By inventing the dehusking machine, what happened to allow Alexander Graham Bell to continue inventing things?