Talk:William Henry Preece
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If you google for him on the web, you'll find plenty of alleged quotes along the lines of him saying to Graham Bell, who had just presented his telephone: "No, Sir. The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys."
I generally believe that only a fraction of the quotes spread via the web are actually true, as sources are hardly given, and people are forwarding them again and again without ever doubting their validity. This one seems to be particularly suspect, as I can't see how Preece could be so sceptical about the telephone although he spent most of his life researching in telegraphy.
Can anyone reliably falsify or verify whether Preece really said so? Did he even ever meet Bell? I can only find evidence of meetings with Marconi. -- 80.133.231.252 14:30, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
