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Granville Woods, Inventor

Granville Woods, Inventor

#OTD Dec 2, 1884: Inventor Granville T. Woods received a U.S. patent (No. 308.876) for an improved telephone transmitter. This was his 2nd patent, a device that improved the clarity and distance of voice communication over electrical lines.

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