As a child Alexander always kept wondering. One thing Alexander was interested in was sounds and tones. Because of his interest, Alexander played piano; in fact he played quite well. Alexander was also especially interested in speech. He even did experiments on his dog by pressing gently on the dog's voice box to make it sound like someone was talking. Alexander had a special love for science. As a child he would bring home animals to study and dissect.
Bell was brought up in a home where there was an atmosphere of respect for new idea's. His father often invited scientists and writers to there home. At age 15 he spent a year with his grandfather in London, this had an inspiring influence on his life. His grandfather helped him to become ambitious. Also his father and grandfather's careers in the study of sounds of the human voice began Alexander's interest in sound.
Alexander Graham Bell's main accomplishment was the telephone, he changed the world with the telephone. He also invented the audiometer which measured the relative loudness of sound. It was used to measure people's hearing and hearing loss. He made the graphophone which recorded sound on a wax cylinder. He founded the national geographic magazine which you may know now. He also invented the metal detector , the telephonic probe and the worlds first artificial respirator.
Alexander wanted to teach the deaf to speak and become more independent. Alexander achieved his goals and was a teacher of the deaf and a great inventor. He played an important role in the lives of deaf people by the encouragement he gave to Helen Keller who became an inspiration to millions of deaf people around the world. His invention of the Audiometer also helped the hearing impaired. He spent years teaching and tutoring deaf children. Yes, he was successful because he never gave up and he kept on encouraging the deaf and inventing until he died. A factor that influenced his desire to help the hard of hearing was the influence of his mother. Though she was almost completely deaf since childhood she spoke and communicated well, she read lips and she was a talented painter and pianist.
A factor that influenced Alexander's achievements in the field of inventing was a challenge given to him and his friend when he was a boy. His friend's father owned a mill and told them to do something useful instead of getting into mischief at the mill. Alexander rose to the challenge and invented a simple method of husking wheat. As an adult Alexander looked back at that happening and realized that first success in inventing encouraged him greatly to continue inventing.
Bell encouraged and influenced his community,country and maybe even the world in different ways.
His inventions generally improved peoples lives but he also encouraged and helped others by forming different types of groups. For instance with the help of other men he formed the National Geographic Society, the Bell Telephone Company, the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf and the Aerial Experiment Association. Also he encouraged many others though his teaching and devotion of deaf children. These are just some of the well known areas where Bell influenced the world.
I think that he was a great help to the deaf, to teach them and to work with them. His inventions also were a help to everyone, not just the deaf.
I would recommend this book to a friend, because it had a lot of information in it and it was interesting . I would also recommend it to a person who likes history. I especially would recommend it to a person interested in inventing.
