“Even more wonderful than the dizzy heights of the buildings is the blaze of electricity radiating from them,” National Geographic said of the New York City skyline in 1917. “People now ...

If Alexander Graham Bell were around today, that might be how he'd summon his intrepid assistant, Thomas Watson. Of course, for some oldheads that message might take a minute to decipher ...

who was deaf—a fact that shaped young Bell’s fascination with sound. Alexander Graham Bell. The name alone evokes the image of an old-school inventor, sleeves rolled up, fiddling with wires ...

Alexander Graham Bell. The name alone evokes the image of an old-school inventor, sleeves rolled up, fiddling with wires and ...