phonograph

     

230px|thumb|right|[[Ediphone|Edison cylinder phonograph ca. 1899.

Trivia about phonograph

  • After hearing this invention of his work, Edison said, "I was never so taken aback in my life"
  • For the record, Thomas Edison invented the first practical one of these in 1877
  • Edison suggested it be used to record phone calls & make clocks talk
  • The name of this 1877 invention is from the Greek for "sound writing"
  • Phonograph,pinball machine,transistor radio
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew indicates another drawing on the monitor.) Edison writes: "A is a cylinder, having a helical indenting groove" in the 1877 patent application for this device

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