Bell Patent

Famous quotes containing the words bell and/or patent:

“... no bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.”
—William James (1842–1910)

“The cigar-box which the European calls a “lift” needs but to be compared with our elevators to be appreciated. The lift stops to reflect between floors. That is all right in a hearse, but not in elevators. The American elevator acts like the man’s patent purge—it works”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)