What Is a Phonograph?

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Tip 1 - phonograph | instrument

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by marti potter | permalink

Instrument for reproducing sounds by means of the vibration of a stylus, or needle, following a groove on a rotating disc. A phonograph disc, or record, stores a replica of sound...
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For further reading: http://www.britannica.com/technology/phonograph ^[1]

Tip 2 - Thomas Alva Edison patents the phonograph - Feb 19, 1878 - HISTORY.com

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by jmurrayhead | permalink

On this day in History, Thomas Alva Edison patents the phonograph on Feb 19, 1878. Learn more about what happened today on History.
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For further reading: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thomas-alva-edison-patents-the-phonograph ^[2]

Tip 3 - History of the Cylinder Phonograph - Inventing Entertainment: The Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by jane moye | permalink

Phonograph Catalog/Advertisement: "I want a phonograph in every home...". 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. This development led Edison to speculate that a ...

For further reading: http://www.loc.gov/collections/edison-company-motion-pictures-and-sound-recordings/articles-and-essays/history-of-edison-sound-recordings/history-of-the-cylinder-phonograph/ ^[3]