Both groups slowed down-but those given the discordant notes did so much more.
两组都停下了,但那些听到不和谐音符的人停得更久。
The story of the telephone concerns many men who preceded Bell, one of whom, Philip Reis, produced, in 1861, a mechanism that could send a few discordant sounds, though not the human voice, over an electric wire.
电话的故事与贝尔之前的许多人有关,其中之一菲利普·赖斯 (Philip Reis) 于 1861 年制造了一种装置,它可以通过电线发送一些不和谐的声音,但不是人声。