Elisha Gray filed a caveat for a version using a brass rod instead of the needle.

August 2 - Elisha Gray (died 1901), American electrical engineer.

As of 2006 no book-length biography has been written about the life of Elisha Gray.

January 21 - Elisha Gray (born 1835), American electrical engineer.

The origins can be traced back to 1876, when Elisha Gray lost his race to invent the telephone.

Having too little money to pay lawyers, he gave up his claim in America, and this invention was credited to Elisha Gray.

Elisha Gray invented one of first electric musical instrument called musical telegraph.

The telautograph's invention is attributed to Elisha Gray, who patented it in 1888.

The first electric synthesizer was invented in 1876 by Elisha Gray.

February 11, 1876: Elisha Gray designs a liquid transmitter for use with a telephone, but does not build one.