Elisha
Gray was
born in Barnesvulle, Ohio, in 1835. An inventor, his 60 patents included
the multiplex telegraph. Gray's firm became the Western Electric Company.
Gray began experimenting with various acoustical devices. When Alexander
Graham Bell heard the news he patented his telephone on 3rd March,
1876. The telephone was an instant success. Within three years there
were 30,000 telephones in use around the world. Gray later claimed
the invention of the telephone but lost the long legal battle in the
Supreme Court. Gray died in 1901.
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