How Thomas Edison Jr. Shamed the Family Name
It was sold by the Thomas A. Edison Jr. Chemical Company, an outfit ostensibly owned by the son of famed inventor Thomas ...
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‘Astonished and somewhat terrified’ – Victorians’ reactions to the phonograph
Hear echoes of the Victorian age, captured in some of the world’s first audio recordings, in this video essay on the ...
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Thomas Edison, Chemist
Chemical developments originating from the West Orange laboratory included plastics and waxes for disc and cylinder phonograph records, nickel-iron alkaline electric storage batteries, and ...
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The Phonograph
On December 7, 1877 Thomas Edison demonstrated his phonograph at the New York City offices of the nation's leading technical weekly publication, Scientific American. The following report set off ...
What was the first ever American song to be recorded?
With a long and storied history of pioneering audio recording, we explore America's musical history and identify the earliest known recording of a US song.
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Telephones Across the Smithsonian
Bell demonstrated his telephone and Thomas Edison his phonograph at the Smithsonian Castle Building during meetings of the newly formed National Academy of Sciences, headed by Smithsonian Secretary ...