Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Reis” in entry telephone-the of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...ith a diaphragm of gold-beater's skin, which transmits speech......July, 1875 Thomas A. Edison, furnished by William Orton, president of the Western Union Telegraph Company, with a description of Reis 's telephone, begins experiments with a view to producing an articulating telephone......July, 1875 Elisha Gray files his caveat for an invention to transmit the tones of the human voice through a...
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Reis 12 2 0 0 0 user votes
John G. Reis 1 0 1 0 0 user votes

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