Elisha Gray

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/elisha-gray

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Elisha Gray born?August 2, 1835, Western Star, Ohio, United States
2. When did Elisha Gray die?January 21, 1901, Newtonville, Massachusetts, United States
3. What is the career?Electrical engineer, inventor, industrialist, and entrepreneur
4. Who was Elisha Gray?Elisha Gray was a brilliant inventor from Ohio who helped create many electrical devices. He co‑founded Western Electric and earned more than 70 patents for his inventions.
5. What did Elisha Gray invent that helped people talk across long distances?Gray worked on a telephone called a liquid transmitter. He filed a caveat for it on the same day Alexander Graham Bell filed his patent.

Caveat: A preliminary patent application that describes an invention before a full patent is filed.
Liquid Transmitter: An early telephone component that used a liquid to vary electrical resistance and transmit sound.
Music Synthesizer: An electronic instrument that generates and manipulates sound waves to create a wide spectrum of musical tones and effects.