This was one of the incidents in the first demonstration of the portable wireless telephone outfit invented by W. W. Macfarlane, of Philadelphia, as described by the Electrical Experimenter.

Three days later, on March 10, 1876, Bell successfully made the world's first telephone call from his lab at 5 Exeter Pl. in Boston, saying the famous words "Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you." ...

But 149 years after the very first telephonic communication − when Bell's voice first crackled over the wires, on March 10, 1876 − more of us are eschewing phone conversations for text ...

Pedestal telephone. Donor reported: "Code 249 'Kitchen Set' with improved Edison carbon granular 'Blake' transmitter, 1897. Equipped with type C receiver, code 101, 1877." Receiver stamped with serial ...

Three days later, on March 10, 1876, Bell successfully made the world's first telephone call from his lab at 5 Exeter Pl. in Boston, saying the famous words "Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you." ...