On This Day in Telephone History March 2ND 1875 Alexander Graham Bell met with Joseph Henry, who told Bell to, "Get it!" when Bell said he feared he lacked technical knowledge to invent the telephone Joseph Henry, at this time secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC was an American scientist who had done notable work with the electromagnet about 1830. His discoveries and demonstrations often are said to have been the scientific research that made Morse's magnetic telegraph practical.

On This Day in Telephone History March 2ND 1875

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On This Day in Telephone History March 2ND 1875 Alexander Graham Bell met with Joseph Henry, who told Bell to, “Get it!” when Bell said he feared he lacked technical knowledge to invent the telephone. Joseph Henry, at this time secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC was an American scientist who had done notable work with the electromagnet about 1830. His discoveries and demonstrations often are said to have been the scientific research that made Morse’s magnetic telegraph practical. The Henry unit of electrical inductance (symbol: H) was named after Joseph Henry.