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Johann Philipp Reis
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Reis, Johann Philipp 

Born Jan. 7, 1834, in Gelnhausen; died Jan. 14, 1874, in Friedrichsdorf, near Homburg. German inventor.

Reis taught physics at the Gamier Institute in Friedrichsdorf beginning in 1858. In 1861 he read a report to the Physical Society of Frankfurt am Main on his wired device, which he called “telephone,” for the electric transmission of sounds over a distance. Reis’ device transmitted tone satisfactorily but greatly distorted the quality of the sound; as a result, it did not become widely used.
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They claim Johann Philipp Reis, a baker, made a telephone in 1861, 15 years before Bell, but could not protect his idea because Germany had no patent law.
Bell is just a tele-phoney by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
They said Johann Philipp Reis, a baker, made a telephone in 1861, 15 years before Bell, but could not protect his idea because Germany had no patent law.
Germans say Scot thieved idea for phone by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
They said Johann Philipp Reis, a baker, made a telephone in 1861, 15 years before Bell, but could not protect his idea because Germany had no patent law.
Yours Scots inventor is just a telephoney by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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