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2008 - "Did Alexander Graham Bell Steal the Telephone Patent?"

Edwin S. Grosvenor and Ralph O. Meyer, “Did Alexander Graham Bell Steal the Telephone Patent,” American Heritage, Spring/Summer 2008. Pages 52-53.

Edwin Grosvenor, the great grandson of Alexander Graham Bell, is editor-in-chief of American Heritage and a staunch defender of Bell’s reputation. In a book review of The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell’s Secret (Norton & Co.), the authors refute the claim that Bell stole the key idea behind the invention of the telephone.

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