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5 unusual facts about Antonio Meucci


Bachmann's Brewery

Originally named the "Clifton Brewery", it was financed in a joint venture between Antonio Meucci and Giuseppe Garibaldi.

Meucci

Antonio Meucci (1808–1889), Italian-American inventor of telephony

Rosebank, Staten Island

The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum is named for a longtime resident, Antonio Meucci, who has some claim to having been an inventor of a working telephone.

The Telephone Cases

Western Union advocated several more recent patent claims of Daniel Drawbaugh, Elisha Gray, Antonio Meucci and Philip Reis in a bid to invalidate Alexander Graham Bell's master and subsidiary telephone patents dating back to March 1876.

Additionally the Bell Company became embroiled in a number of challenges from those companies associated with Antonio Meucci, as shown in the Canadian Parliamentary Motion on Alexander Graham Bell.


Canadian Parliamentary Motion on Alexander Graham Bell

The symbolic motion was a response to the 107th United States Congress' earlier resolution (HRes 269) of June 11, 2002, which recognized the contributions of Antonio Meucci.

Science and technology in Italy

On September 25, 2001, US Congress passed a resolution that officially recognized the Florentine immigrant to the United States, Antonio Meucci, as the inventor of the telephone.

United States HRes. 269 on Antonio Meucci

The 107th United States Congress resolution (HRes 269) of June 11, 2002, recognized the contributions of Antonio Meucci.


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