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RE: What I'd do if I had control of the world - Paradox - 02-27-2012
(02-27-2012, 01:39 PM)Mustachio Wrote: Britain - Telephone
Wikipedia Wrote:An undisputed fact is that Alexander Graham Bell was the first to be awarded a patent for the electric telephone by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in March 1876.
RE: What I'd do if I had control of the world - Mustachio - 02-27-2012
(02-27-2012, 08:40 PM)Paradox Wrote:(02-27-2012, 01:39 PM)Mustachio Wrote: Britain - Telephone
Wikipedia Wrote:An undisputed fact is that Alexander Graham Bell was the first to be awarded a patent for the electric telephone by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in March 1876.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell
Born March 3, 1847
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
RE: What I'd do if I had control of the world - Paradox - 02-27-2012
(02-27-2012, 08:43 PM)Mustachio Wrote:(02-27-2012, 08:40 PM)Paradox Wrote:(02-27-2012, 01:39 PM)Mustachio Wrote: Britain - Telephone
Wikipedia Wrote:An undisputed fact is that Alexander Graham Bell was the first to be awarded a patent for the electric telephone by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in March 1876.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell
Born March 3, 1847
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Yet it was invented in the US.
RE: What I'd do if I had control of the world - Mustachio - 02-27-2012
(02-27-2012, 08:51 PM)Paradox Wrote:(02-27-2012, 08:43 PM)Mustachio Wrote:(02-27-2012, 08:40 PM)Paradox Wrote:(02-27-2012, 01:39 PM)Mustachio Wrote: Britain - Telephone
Wikipedia Wrote:An undisputed fact is that Alexander Graham Bell was the first to be awarded a patent for the electric telephone by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in March 1876.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell
Born March 3, 1847
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Yet it was invented in the US.
It was invented by the Scottish. Not an American.
RE: What I'd do if I had control of the world - Qwertygiy - 02-27-2012
Hmm:
Quote:Bell was a British citizen for most of his early life. He applied for American citizenship after 1877, gained it in 1882, and referred to himself as an American citizen from that point on. Quote from Bell speaking to his wife: "you are a citizen because you can't help it – you were born one, but I chose to be one."
Quote:In 1915, he characterized his status as: "I am not one of those hyphenated Americans who claim allegiance to two countries." Despite this declaration, Bell has been proudly claimed as a "native son" by all three countries he resided in: the United States, Canada and Scotland.
RE: What I'd do if I had control of the world - Mustachio - 02-27-2012
Okay, I give up. The Americans invented it.
RE: What I'd do if I had control of the world - Qwertygiy - 02-27-2012
To be overbearingly precise, an American of Scottish descent invented it shortly before becoming an ardent American citizen; IF he invented in the first place -- everyone's still arguing over whether he truly made it first or whether he just rushed to the patent office first.
RE: What I'd do if I had control of the world - Mustachio - 03-10-2012
China - Guns, Paper, Compass, Handheld Crossbow, Toothbrush, Printing, Gunpowder
Britain - Computer, Steam Engine, Selective breeding, (mechanical) Pencil, Helped with Radio communication, Tank, Telephone, Television, WWW, Radar, 54% of Modern technology, VTOL, European Imperialism
Germany - The Nuclear Bomb, Diesel Engine, Chip Card, Binary, Flamethrower, Submachine Gun, Fighter Jets, Modern assault rifle, Cars, Zeppelin
Russia - Unmanned space flight, Wooden bridge, the base of all space programs, AK-47, Periodic Table, Plasma propulsion engine, RPG-7, Military robot, Fire extinguisher, helicopter
RE: What I'd do if I had control of the world - noob007 - 03-10-2012
There are so many wrongs in the above post...
Well guess what, Greece invented democracy, geometry, science, and other things.
RE: What I'd do if I had control of the world - Qwertygiy - 03-10-2012
(03-10-2012, 06:22 PM)noob007 Wrote: There are so many wrongs in the above post...
Well guess what, Greece invented democracy, geometry, science, and other things.
They didn't invent true science; they invented philosophy but true science requires the scientific method; observe a phenomenon, create hypothesis, do experiment, examine results, modify or discard hypothesis as necessary.
The Greeks were awesome at the first two parts but they didn't do much experimenting.