Alexander Graham Bell, (born March 3, 1847, Edinburgh, Scotland—died August 2, 1922, Beinn Bhreagh, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada), Scottish-born American inventor, scientist, and teacher of the deaf whose foremost accomplishments were the invention of the telephone (1876) and the refinement of the phonograph ...Apr 6, 2016 read more
Alexander Graham Bell certainly invented other things besides the telephone. He was the inventor of the hydrofoil boat, a man-carrying kite, the aileron, a moveable part of an airplane wing that helps control rolling, and the landing/take-off airplane tricycle gear. read more
July 18, 2014 by Karen Hill | Filed Under: Science Alexander Graham Bell invented many things, including a man-carrying kite, a land-mine detector, the hydrofoil boat, takeoff and landing gear for the airplane, and the aileron, a part of an airplane wing that moves and helps control rolling. read more