"The phonograph will undoubtedly be liberally ... "The object of this invention is to record in permanent characters the human voice and other sounds … [to] be reproduced and rendered audible ...

Those who have heard the phonograph "talk" know how thin its tone is and how feeble its voice. As a matter of fact, less than 30 percent. of the original volume of sound is returned to the ear.

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where the first phonograph was for months on exhibition, very few were found to hope much for the invention. It was apparently a toy of no practical value; its talking was more or less of a ...

While he did create the working phonograph — his self-identified most important invention — the original invention wasn’t commercially viable. You could record and playback audio on tin foil ...

From Thomas Edison’s groundbreaking work developing the lightbulb and phonograph to the invention of the ice cream cone, the state has been at the forefront of technological and culinary ...

IN experimenting lately with the phonograph it occurred to me to try whether, after a series of musical or articulate sounds have been recorded, other series could successively be superimposed on ...

The township's motto references one of its most notable residents: Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb, the phonograph and ... highlight 400 years of Black invention and showcase different ...