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Bell's laboratory notebook entry for March 10, 1876, recording the first successful telephone transmission

Mr. Watson, Come Here

Mar 10, 2026 By Andy Barca

On 10 March 1876, Alexander Graham Bell spoke six words into a device above a Boston theatre and Thomas Watson heard them from another room. The telephone had just worked for the first time.

Portrait of Bertha Benz, who in 1888 made the first long-distance automobile journey in her husband Karl Benz's Patent-Motorwagen.

Patent No. 37435

Jan 29, 2026 By Andy Barca

On 29 January 1886, Karl Benz filed a patent for a three-wheeled vehicle powered by a gas engine. The machine had no reverse gear, ran on pharmacy solvent, and almost nobody wanted one.