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M2 All About Inventions such pronounced significance that he was strongly urged to continue his researches and experiments in this field. Twelve months after landing in Canada, young Bell’s work had commanded such attention that he was offered, and accepted, the appointment of Pro- fessor of Vocal Physiology to the University, Boston, in the United States. Here his system of teaching deaf mutes, which he had evolved and perfected, aroused intense interest. In fact, young Bell was so impressed with the success he achieved that he relin- quished his Professorship to open a school of his own to continue his work upon a more comprehensive and individual scale. To this end he went to reside with one of his deaf-mute pupils, Georgie Sanders, at Salem, the famous port and city sixteen miles out of Boston. Although deeply immersed in his professional occupation, Bell did not by any means neglect his hobbies. Owing to the absence of better facilities he rigged up a small laboratory in the cellars of the Sanders’ home, and to this underground study he repaired upon the conclusion of his school duties. By this time his hobbies had secured such a firm grip of him that he invariably laboured alone until the early hours of the morning. Working among his hobbies brought to him an idea which he could not shake off. If it were pos- sible to send signals and even to converse over a wire in the language of the Morse code, why should not one be able to send vocal speech directly over a wire ? The more he dwelt upon the problem the more convinced he became as to its feasibility. But