| Go to the town of Baddeck, pronounced | | | | Bell was also fascinated with water speed. He built |
| ba-DECK. It is the home of Alexander Graham | | | | the HD-4, a hydroplane boat around 1918, which |
| Bell, the inventor of the telephone. Mr. Bell was a | | | | attained speed of 71 mph. He tried to sell it to the |
| teacher of the deaf, like his father who had | | | | military, but W.W.I ended and no one had |
| developed a system of helping the deaf to speak. | | | | anymore interest in it. Townspeople thought him |
| Because of his patents, he became quite wealthy | | | | to be crazy, because they saw lights flickering |
| and lived on an island across from Baddeck on the | | | | across the water at night from his home. The real |
| Bras d’Or Sea. There, with the help of his | | | | reason is that Bell got so wrapped up in an idea |
| wife, family, and other inventive minds, he | | | | that he lost all perspective of time and stayed up |
| explored the theory of flight, making kites out of | | | | all night trying to solve it. Mabel, his deaf wife and |
| tetrahedrons, four sided shaped triangular forms. | | | | once his student, lived a very happy life together. |
| He flew his first manned flight in 1909, the first in | | | | She passed away only five months after he did. |
| Canada. One of the young men helping him was a | | | | A museum in Baddeck exhibits the life and work |
| military man from the USA, by the name of | | | | of Bell. On display is the original HD-4, which was |
| Selfridge. He is being the first casualty in an | | | | salvaged from the beach. Movies show the ship |
| airplane. He lost his life demonstrating one of the | | | | making its run of seventy-one mph. Expect |
| Wright Brother’s planes for the US military in | | | | tospend over two hours there, a very interesting |
| the early 1900s. | | | | place. |