Posted on Nov 21, 2020
Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph
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Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a way to record and play back sound.
Edison stumbled on one of his great inventions—the phonograph—while working on a way to record telephone communication at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. His work led him to experiment with a stylus on a tinfoil cylinder, which, to his surprise, played back the short song he had recorded, “MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB”. Public demonstrations of the phonograph made the Yankee inventor world famous, and he was dubbed the “Wizard of Menlo Park.”
Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a way to record and play back sound.
Edison stumbled on one of his great inventions—the phonograph—while working on a way to record telephone communication at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. His work led him to experiment with a stylus on a tinfoil cylinder, which, to his surprise, played back the short song he had recorded, “MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB”. Public demonstrations of the phonograph made the Yankee inventor world famous, and he was dubbed the “Wizard of Menlo Park.”
Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph
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My WWII Navy veteran uncle had one of those in a collection of other antiques that he bought back when I was a kid, very impressive Lt Col Charlie Brown
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Awesome post... My wife & I have a home in Fort Myers FL, where the Edison Ford Museum is... All of his inventions are show cased there and it is amazing... BTW, Edison & Ford we're next door neighbors on the Shores of the Caloosahatchee River...all now a part of the museum... It is awesome!
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