Thomas Edison invented the phonograph on August 12, 1877. It "will undoubtedly be liberally devoted to music," Edison predicted with stunning accuracy in 1878.

We’re used to all kinds of sound recordings today, and it all started with a vibrating needle in 1877. Skip to content. ABC27. Harrisburg 40 ...

Edison phonograph invented in 1877 is enjoyed by Ardis Twork. Over the next few months, Edison had his workers build many more phonographs for demonstration purposes.

The oldest phonograph in the museum’s collection is an 1877 tin foil phonograph — the stylus would record the sound waves on a thin sheet of tin wrapped around a cylinder.

On this date in 1877 Thomas Edison introduced his phonograph. The device was unique because it could both record and play sound. What were his historic first words on the new machine?

Satisfied with his design, Edison enlisted machinist John Kruesi to construct the phonograph during the first week of December 1877. Edison later recounted that when he first explained to Kruesi ...

Prior to Thomas Edison’s invention of the phonograph in 1877, the world had no means of recording the human voice; and the enjoyment of prerecorded music was limited to the ...

In 1877, nearly 20 years later, Thomas Edison’s “talking machine” became the ... the day after Kreusi finished making a fully fledged phonograph, Edison went to Scientific American‘s New ...

It's scratchy, lasts only 78 seconds and features the world's first recorded blooper. The recording was originally made on a Thomas Edison-invented phonograph in St. Louis in 1878.

Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877. It was the first machine ever to record and play back sound. The inventor foresaw multiple uses for the machine and proceeded to license different ...

It was 1877 when Thomas Edison recorded the first words ever: “Mary had a little lamb.” Now, 118 years later, people including Don Gfell are briskly trading Edison’s and other antique ...

Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877, and when he imagined the uses for his new machine, he speculated that, beyond serving as a means of preserving dictation, it might animate toys. His idea ...