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Cyrille Duquet is the inventor of the first telephone handset, or transceiver, in 1878.〔 〕 Even though he is less known in the history of the invention of the telephone, the handset he created is still in use worldwide on land-line PSTN telephones. Originally working in the field of clocks and watches, he was also a passionate jewellery collector. He is credited for inventing the first telephone that had a combined system of the transmitter and the receiver in a single unit. Duquet sold his patent later for just over 2,000 dollars. Cyrille Duquet Cyrille Duquet ( Quebec , 31 March 1841 - Québec , 1 st December 1922 ) is a goldsmith, flutist and inventor Quebec . Inventor and visionary At about the same time as Graham Bell (with whom he got in), he developed a telephone connecting his home and shop. He endowed the city soon Québec , which was one of the first in the world to benefit from all this revolutionary invention. He wanted to buy the rights to Bell, but was refused the amount of $ 100,000 required, its bankers considering this invention without a future. However, it is left to him the undisputed paternity - and recognized - the handset in use worldwide. The main clock of the National Assembly of Quebec bear his signature. That of Saint-Jean-Baptiste library is also his creation. A government building, located on Boulevard Charest in Quebec City, was named in his honor, and Quebec Street bears his name. Fleetford Charles Sise, vice-president of the Canadian Telephone Company, gives notice because he believes Cyrille Duquet plagiarized Bell. Mr. Duquet gets away with damages of about $ 10 and sold his invention for the sum of $ 2,100 provided to waive any project in the world of telephony. Musician Excellent flutist, Cyrille Duquet was a member of the Septet Haydn, virtuoso ensemble of Quebec, some of whom have joined the Société symphonique de Québec (now Quebec Symphony Orchestra ) in 1903 . Politician He was a municipal councilor in Quebec François Langelier and Simon-Napoléon Parent between 1883 and 1890 and from 1900 to 1908. He died at Quebec , the 1 st December 1922 at the age of 81 years. He was buried in Notre-Dame-de-Belmont . ==References== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cyrille Duquet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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