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Thomas Edison invented phonograph
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Phonograph cylinder
The phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison on 18 July 1877 for recording telephone messages, his first test using waxed paper. ... Probably the most famous of these are by They Might Be Giants, who in 1996 recorded "I Can Hear You," performed without electricity, on an 1898 Edison wax recording studio phonograph at the Edison National Historic Site in West Orange, New Jersey. -
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Thomas Edison
Photograph of Edison with his phonograph, taken by Mathew Brady in 1877 ... The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World. -
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Phonograph
Patent drawing for Edison's phonograph, May 18, 1880 ... This jukebox-like phonograph was invented by Louis T. Glass and William S. Arnold. -
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1870s
The 1870s continued the trends of the previous decade, as new empires and an increase in imperialism and militarism rise in Europe and Asia. ... The phonograph is invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison. -
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Audioguides
Thomas Edison invents the phonograph ... Acoustiguide invented the audio tour more than 40 years ago, and the company has remained at the leading edge of creativity and technology ever since. -
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Edison Records
Thomas A. Edison invented the phonograph, the first device for recording and playing back sound, in 1877. ... New machines were sold to play these records, as were attachments for modifying existing Edison phonographs. -
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Dictation machine
A dictation machine is a sound recording device most commonly used to record speech for later playback or to be typed into print. ... Shortly after Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, the first device for recording sound, in 1877, he thought that the main use for the new device would be for recording speech in business settings. -
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Backmasking
In 1877 Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, a device that allowed sound to be recorded and reproduced on a rotating cylinder with a stylus (or "needle") attached to a diaphragm mounted at the narrow end of a horn. ... His design overtook the Edison phonograph in the 1920s, since Berliner's patent expired in 1918, and others were then free to utilize his invention. -
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1877 in music
Thomas Edison invents the phonograph. Richard Wagner conducts in London. -
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Sallie Gardner at a Gallop
Sallie Gardner at a Gallop was an early production experiment on June 19, 1878 that led to the development of motion pictures. ... He later met with Thomas Edison who at that time recently invented the phonograph.
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Thomas Edison invented phonograph