Gray, Elisha
Published: September 7, 2006, 4:42 pm
Updated: September 7, 2006, 4:42 pm
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Elisha Gray (1835-1901), an American inventor, is famous for contesting the original invention of the telephone with Alexander Graham Bell. On Feb. 14, 1876, the day Bell filed an application for a patent for the telephone, Gray applied for a caveat announcing his intention to file a claim for a patent for the same invention within three months. After years of litigation, Bell was legally named as inventor of the telephone, although some still questioned who should be credited with the invention. Gray was granted patents for approximately 70 other inventions, including the telautograph (1888), an electrical device for reproducing writing at a distance. In 1872, Gray founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company, the parent firm of the present Western Electric Company.
Further Reading
Elisha Gray - Biography (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Chemistry)
Inventing the Telephone (AT&T)
The Telephone: Elisha Gray (PBS Online)
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Cutler J. Cleveland (Lead Author);Tom Lawrence (Topic Editor) "Gray, Elisha". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth September 7, 2006; Last revised Date September 7, 2006; Retrieved May 26, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Gray,_Elisha>
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Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (Full Bio)
Elisha Gray (1835-1901), an American inventor, is famous for contesting the original invention of the telephone with Alexander Graham Bell. On Feb. 14, 1876, the day Bell filed an application for a patent for the telephone, Gray applied for a caveat announcing his intention to file a claim for a patent for the same invention within three months. After years of litigation, Bell was legally named as inventor of the telephone, although some still questioned who should be credited with the invention. Gray was granted patents for approximately 70 other inventions, including the telautograph (1888), an electrical device for reproducing writing at a distance. In 1872, Gray founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company, the parent firm of the present Western Electric Company.
Further Reading
Elisha Gray - Biography (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Chemistry)
Inventing the Telephone (AT&T)
The Telephone: Elisha Gray (PBS Online)
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