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Charles E. Alden
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Charles E. Alden | |
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A picture of Alden on the April 29, 1906 issue of the New York World
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Nationality | American |
Occupation | Inventor, Sculptor |
Known for | The invention of the "vest pocket telephone" in 1906 |
Charles E. Alden (Floruit, FL 1906) was an obscure inventor mentioned in a 1906 edition of the New York World who was claimed to have created the idea of a vest pocket telephone, a device that was the precursor of the cell phone. An article entitled: “Ingenious Yankee Invents Simple Telephone System” appeared in the May 24, 1907 edition of L’Abeille de la Nouvelle-Orléans–a New Orleans newspaper. He envisioned the idea in 1906, sixty-seven years before the first hand-held mobile phone was demonstrated by Dr Martin Cooper of Motorola in 1973.[1][2][3] In 1907, Alden invented and tested a wireless, remote controlled boat off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. This boat was said to have “lifted its own anchor, blows its own whistle, signals, fires a gun and steers” all while the operator is controlling it on shore.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "TELEPHONE FOR YOUR VEST POCKET - Pilfers Messages from Wires Three Miles Off—is of the Wireless Variety" — New York World, April 29, 1906
- ^ The Christian Work and the Evangelist, Volume 80. 1906.
- ^ "Invents a telephone to be carried in pocket" ( May 21, 1906) Los Angeles Herald, Page 7, Columns 4-5. Article dated the previous day. Scanned by the University of California, Riverside. Preserved on the Internet by the Library of Congress.
- ^ Illustrated World. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
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