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>which is attributed to Alexander Graham Bell in most of the world and to Antonio Meucci in my native Italy. The US congress did vote a resolution that cleared
by jaclaz 4y ago
>which is attributed to Alexander Graham Bell in most of the world and to Antonio Meucci in my native Italy.
The US congress did vote a resolution that cleared the matter (in 2002, a bit late I would say):
https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/volume-148/issue-76/house-section/article/H3308-1 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/volume-148/iss...
But in this case Bell and Meucci weren't much disparate sources.
- qubex 4y agoI’m honestly stunned because I had no idea this issue had been raised, much less addressed.
- jaclaz 4y agoYep, the US somehow cleared the matter, but Canada swiftly affirmed the opposite in a one liner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_the_telephone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_the_telephone https://web.archive.org/web/20141222093046/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Pub=hansard&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=37&Ses=1#SOB-291991 https://web.archive.org/web/20141222093046/http://www2.parl....