Home›Articles›Why the Reis telephone carried music but not speechArticleWhy the Reis telephone carried music but not speechArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnJohann Philipp Reis, Engineers Well-attested SourcesJohann Philipp Reis (Wikipedia)ShortcomingsQuote, ShortcomingsThe vibrations of speech are irregular and complicated, and in order to transmit them the current has to be varied in strength without being altogether broken.View the SourceAtlas Article Vocabularytier 1AtlasComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.