Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland and first came to the new world for his health, (1) in 1890 and later to Washington,D. C. at the age of 24. He is widely known for his invention of the telephone but not many people know of his other inventions. For a time, Bell and his father had both studied and worked together on (2). In 1876 Bell exhibited (3) and this was the basis of the modern telephone. With assistance, Bell was a pioneer of the hydrofoil; a model built in 1919, 60 feet long and powered by two 400 (4) engines, was able to travel over 70 miles per hour. He also worked on the early development of (5). He made recording discs which became the models for the phonograph and the photophone which transmitted speech on (6) light, which later developed into the laser beam. Bell died in 1922 in Nova Scotia, and that province has established the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Park (7).