Thomas Edison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor, scientist and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the p...
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The phonograph was developed as a result of Thomas Edison's work on two other inventions, the telegraph and the telephone. In 1877, Edison was working on a machine that would transcribe telegraphic messages through indentations on paper tape, which could later be sent over the telegraph repeatedly.
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One of the most famous and prolific inventors of all time, Thomas Alva Edison exerted a tremendous influence on modern life, contributing inventions such as the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera, as well as improving the telegraph and telephone.
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Phonograph - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The record player , phonograph or gramophone was the most common device for playing recorded sound from the late 1870s until the late 1980s. Usage of these terms is not uniform across the Englis...
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%%hunt_margin%% Thomas Edison and the First Phonograph ; August 12, 1877 ; The next time you listen to a favorite album, you can thank Thomas Edison for discovering the secret to recording sound. Before there were CD players and tape decks, there was the phonograph.
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Edison Invents the Phonograph ; Thomas Edison created many inventions, but his favorite was the phonograph. While working on improvements to the telegraph and the telephone, Edison figured out a way to record sound on tinfoil-coated cylinders.
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Here is a wav file of Edison's recording on the phonograph. The original recording was made in 1877 (there is no recording available of this); this one was made on a similar machine by Edison in 1927 to mark the 50th anniversary. ... Thomas Edison's Phonograph ... Click to hear Edison's phonograph...
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Thomas is also famous for the light bulb, and phonograph. During WWI Edison built a laboratory for scientists. The lab was used for national research for the military.
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In addition one of Edison's friends and colleagues, Ezra Gilliland, started experimenting with the phonograph. Thomas Edison regained interest in the phonograph in 1887 because of these two spurs to his competitive streak.
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