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Alexander Bell was not trying to invent the telephone . . . he was inventing a device that would help deaf people hear a little bit. He ran wires into a different room where helper was listening. It worked! The helper heard Bell from the other room. That started the idea that the device would work at a far distance from the person speaking.

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