Read the excerpt from "The Telephone: A Truer Tale."
At about the same time that Antonio Meucci was filing
patent caveats for his talking telegraph, Alexander
Graham Bell was starting to work on his own telephone
model. Bell was an expert in the field of elocution, or
vocal speech. He was very skilled at teaching deaf
students the challenging task of speaking aloud. Just like
Meucci, he enjoyed experimenting. Bell also dreamed of
a world full of useful telephones, just as Meucci did.
However, he had something that Meucci did not. Bell had
a wealthy father-in-law who was happy to invest in his
dream.
Based on the details of this excerpt, a reader can infer
that
Meucci did not succeed because he was not as
talented as Bell.
Bell's expertise in elocution helped him to develop the
telephone.
O Bell succeeded because he had more financial
resources than Meucci.
Meucci's caveats prevented Bell from filing a patent
for the telephone