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English: Comparison of the illustration of the telephone in Alexander Graham Bell's diaries and Elisha Gray's patent application.
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Source Photo illustration based on Alexander Graham Bell's notebooks and a patent caveat filed by Elisha Gray. Featured in Seth Schulman's book en:The Telephone Gambit and his notes at [1]
Author Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell

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The needle in Gray's transmitter nearly touches the contact on the bottom of the glass. Bell's needle stays near the top of the water and the contact is off to the side.

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