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 sound recordings. Music (in multiple genres), audiobooks, phone messages, recordings of family history, alert boops and beeps on our phones...even the happy little tune my hearing ...

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.

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?

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 player piano. Edison ...

Edison Tin Foil Phonograph (detail) Object Details Description (Brief) In 1877, Thomas Edison invented the first device to ever record and play back sound. Speaking into a mouthpiece caused a metal ...

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I’m not sure if the phonograph was Edison’s most important invention: he was also the co-inventor of the electric light bulb (Joseph Swan came up with it at the same time, and they eventually ...

The first idea of a genuine talking-machine appears to belong to Thomas A. Edison, who, in 1875, took out patents upon a device intended to reproduce complex sounds, such as those of the human ...

This photo provided by the Museum of Innovation and Science in Schenectady, N.Y., shows Thomas Edison's 1878 tinfoil phonograph. Researchers have digitized what experts say is the oldest recording ...

In November 1877, Thomas Alva Edison demonstrated the phonograph, a forerunner of today’s music players.

thomas edison, whose picture hangs prominently on the wall invented, the phonograph in 1877, it was the very first device ever created, allowing people to hear recorded sound and for roger, it’s ...