Easy
Who is credited with patenting the telephone in 1876?
Explanation
Explanation
Step 1: Match each inventor with the invention: Marconi – radio (wireless telegraphy); Morse – telegraph and Morse code; Edison – phonograph and the practical electric bulb.
Step 2: Alexander Graham Bell, a Scottish-born scientist, patented the telephone in 1876.
Step 3: The first words sent over the telephone were spoken to his assistant, Thomas Watson.
Answer: Alexander Graham Bell.
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