Introduction
Pick up the phone, press the on button, dial in the correct series of numbers, and you are directly connected with anyone in the world with the same simple equipment as yourself. It seems easy enough, but what is the magic that happens by your fingertips? It wasn't always as easy as it is today to get a hold of so much anyone you please. It was the invention of electricity that made it possible for the telephone to be.
Earlier forms of quick communication had been attempted, but none had been so successful as the telephone. Such primitive forms of communication include smoke signals, mirrors, jungle drums, carrier pigeons and semaphores. The path taken to the modern telephone is a long winding path which ultimately leads to one of the most widely used inventions in the world today.