Talk:Elisha Gray

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[edit] Bias in Article

is it me or does this page seem a bit bias? Swedishdave 16:48, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

It did seem a little biased at the end of the article, but appears more due to the way the sentence was written rather than any actual planned bias. But this article could also use some sources. --AeroKnight 18:42, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

I added a bunch of material to round out the biography and reduce bias, but sources on Gray are difficult to find. Google hits seem to be citing each other. Each of the references already cited: Evenson, Baker, and Coe has a section on Elisha Gray. Greensburger 15:55, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

It's probably bias because it is a huge and powerful company (AT&T) that have profited from Alexander Bell's thievery. That kind of crookery changes history.(Sasquatchuk 12:31, 10 December 2006 (UTC)}

In Evenson's book, which describes the dishonesty of Bell's lawyers and examiner Wilber, Bell is not described as a thief or crook, but merely naive about the hidden activities of the lawyers Pollok and Bailey and other people who founded the telephone company in Bell's name. The lawyers were not working for Bell, they were being paid by Bell's father-in-law Gardiner Hubbard. Bell received only a few shares of stock in the telephone company. The pro-Bell bias in biographies of Bell and telephone histories was partly do to the Bell company requiring in contracts that the parties agreed that Bell was the inventor of the telephone. Although years later AT&T became a very powerful company, in early 1879 the Bell Telephone Company nearly went bankrupt. It was only because Thomas Edison or one of his workers invented the carbon microphone/transmitter that saved the Bell company from extinction. Greensburger 04:19, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Liquid Microphone

This struck me as interesting. I'm not sure how one would work, but it would seem (to me) to involve mercury. Thoughts?RSido 04:08, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Acid. Users sometimes burnt their clothing; occasionally their skin, until the carbon button came along. I guess it belongs in one of the articles; maybe this one. Jim.henderson 17:08, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Your question inspired me to create a new page for Water microphone. Greensburger 18:07, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Elisha Gray and the telephone

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Because of Samuel White's opposition to Gray working on the telephone...

Unfortuneately there is no mention of who Samuel White is and why he would have any influence over Gray's work. Should this opening sentence be removed or more information added? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcconkeyb (talk • contribs) 17:57, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

I added a footnote to explain who Dr. Samuel White was. This is explained on page 14 of Evenson's book, already cited. Greensburger (talk) 20:04, 14 February 2008 (UTC)