What is different about Young Bell?

In 1844, Morse conducted the first long-distance telegraph communication in the United States, opening a new page in the history of human communication. However, when telegraphs transmit information, they first transmit telegraph codes, and then specialized personnel are required to translate the telegraph codes into sentences. Can you invent a device to directly transmit speech and sentences? As a result, people began to explore more convenient communication tools. After decades of hard work, the world's first telephone finally came out. The inventor of this telephone was a young Scottish man named Alexander Bell.

Little Inventor

Alexander Bell was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father and grandfather are both famous acousticians. They have worked among deaf-mute people for many years and have conducted in-depth research on human vocalization mechanisms and hearing characteristics. Bell's father also created a set of "mute language" that uses gestures and mouth movements to communicate, which brings great convenience to the deaf-mute. Bell lives in such an environment, has been influenced since childhood, and has a strong interest in speech transmission. This undoubtedly sowed the seeds for his later invention of the telephone.

But Bell is no prodigy. Many inventors were not very bright when they were young. Their success lies in their hard work throughout their lives. Although Bell is an expert in acoustics and can skillfully translate the "dumb language" of his deaf-mute friends, he can't keep up with other homework. His naughty and playful nature are even more famous throughout the school. It contains small animals such as sparrows and frogs for him to dissect and play with. Once, when the teacher was lecturing on the Bible on stage, the mouse caught by Bell got out of his schoolbag and ran around the classroom, causing everyone to burst into laughter and chaos, making the teacher tremble with anger.

Bell was later taken to London by his grandfather and was directly disciplined by the voice expert. This is a stubborn old man with quite a personality. He loves his grandson very much, but he is very strict. He teaches like a lion. His gray beard often scares Bell. But Bell liked him very much because his grandfather was so knowledgeable that he was almost an encyclopedia. Bell lived with him for a year and learned a lot. Bell later recalled: "My grandfather made me realize that I did not know the common lessons that every student should know. I was often ashamed of this ignorance. He evoked in me the hard work to overcome the shallow knowledge. Ambition." It was this ambition that inspired Bell to embark on the path of exploring scientific truth.

When Bell returned to his hometown from London, his interests changed. While he worked hard to learn his lessons, he began to show great enthusiasm for invention and creation.

There is an old waterwheel mill near his home, operated by a young man. Later, the young man went to serve as a soldier, leaving a lonely old man who made a living by grinding noodles. The millstone is driven by water power. When the amount of water is large, the millstone rotates. When the water volume is small, the millstone stops rotating and needs to be pushed by manpower. During seasons when the water supply decreases, the old man has no choice but to close down his business and rely on his daily savings to survive. Bell sympathized with him and invited a group of teenage friends to help. Everyone was pushing and pulling, and everyone thought it was fun at first, but they got bored after a few days. In the end, only Bell was left. Even with all his strength, he could not push the stone mill.

After Bell returned home, he could not let go of the water mill. "Why can't I design a lighter water mill?" In order to design a new water mill, he spent every day in his father's study, reading various materials, immersed himself in the design drawings, and pondered over and over again. More than a month later, he actually designed a drawing of an improved waterwheel. Several master craftsmen saw the plan and greatly appreciated it. The picture is not pretty, but the principle is very clever. After modification according to the diagram, the friction of the waterwheel is greatly reduced, and even children can push it. When the news spread, neighboring villages and towns rushed to imitate it. Bell was only fifteen or sixteen years old at this time, and he became a hero in the eyes of his companions.

After Bell became a small inventor, some friends who were interested in science often surrounded him. With everyone's recommendation, Bell organized his friends and established the "Youth Science and Technology Association". He also ordered a charter that required each member to take on a subject, give a lecture once a week, and publish their respective research results. Bell lectured on phonetics and biological anatomy. The lecture hall was located in the attic above his father's study.

This group of young scholars had regular activities, gained a lot of knowledge, and made a lot of jokes.

Once, a member found a dead piglet on the side of the road. He thought that everyone usually studies frogs, beetles and the like. It would be more interesting to use pigs for experiments this time. , so he dragged the dead pig to the small attic. When Bell saw Piggy, he felt like he had found a treasure and began to speak in front of all the members. After finishing talking about the physiological characteristics of pigs, Bell started to dissect. Unexpectedly, the pig had been dead for many days, and its internal organs had become rotten. The stench suddenly burst out, and members all over the room covered their noses and ran away. Bell, however, remained calm and insisted on finishing the dissection of the pig alone.