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Elisha Gray

A new book claims Alexander Graham Bell stole the telephone from Elisha Gray, despite all the evidence against that theory.

In his new book, The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell’s Secret (Norton, 256 pages, $24.95), Seth Shulman states that the famous inventor “was plagued by a secret: he stole the key idea behind the invention of the telephone.”

A new book claims Alexander Graham Bell stole the telephone from Elisha Gray, despite all the evidence against that theory.

In his new book, The Telephone Gambit: Chasing Alexander Graham Bell’s Secret (Norton, 256 pages, $24.95), Seth Shulman states that the famous inventor “was plagued by a secret: he stole the key idea behind the invention of the telephone.”

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