America on Record: The Inventors I

steel reeds, strips of steel

attached to an

 electro-magnet

making and breaking a current

tuning forks of different pitches

receivers tuned to

 many frequencies

off and on,

 on and off

on long on short

off long off short

 layers of dots and dashes

more than morse

western union's remorse

 

a thin slice of metal

attached to one pole of an

electro-magnet

with the other end of a thin slice

just over the opposite pole of the

electro-magnet

pluck a reed

go on, pluck a reed next to it

produce a current to activate the

electro-magnet

way on over on the other end

and hear the pitch

 from the other end

 

 

with the current off

in the other room he said

"free the reed, Watson"

and Watson plucked the reed

vibrating the reed in Bell's room

Bell moved his ear close to the

electro-magnet

he swears he heard

the sound from Watson's room

flashed from a noise

he tried it again

"come here, I want you"

Watson listened to

electric speech

 

 

12-15-12