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In July 1877, while developing his telephone transmitter, Thomas Edison conceived the idea of recording and playing back telephone messages. After experimenting with a telephone "diaphragm having an embossing point & held against paraffin paper moving rapidly," he found that the sound "vibrations are indented nicely" and concluded "there's no doubt that I shall be able to store up & reproduce automatically at any future time the human voice perfectly." Edison periodically returned to this idea, and by the end of November, he had developed a basic design. The first phonograph consisted of grooved cylinder mounted on a long shaft with a screw pitch of ten threads per inch and turned by a hand crank. Instead of paraffined paper, Edison used a piece of tin foil wrapped around the cylinder as a recording surface. The first phonograph had separate recording and playback mechanisms, but later designs combined them into a single unit.
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What is the role of Thomas Edison in the rise of popular music?
He invented the phonograph record and record player.
Who made the phonograph?
Thomas Alva Edison
Which way does a record turn on a phonograph?
clockwise
What invention was necessary to begin modern music industry?
The phonograph
What invention was necessary to begin the modern music industry?
The phonograph
What did Thomas Edison invented?
The light bulb!
What did Alexander gram Bell invent and when?
he invented the tin wrapped foil that was able to be played on the phonograph and in 1973
Who inventented the gramophone?
Thomas Edison invented his tin-foil phonograph, Edison's phonograph was followed by Alexander Graham Bell's graphophone. In 1887 Emile Berliner invented the gramophone and records.
When did thomas Edison invent a tin foil phonograph?
he was 38
What discoveries did Thomas Edison make?
tin foil phonograph
How did Edison invent the phonograph?
This was a tin foil phonograph. The phonograph played cylinders and not disks which led to his discovery that he could playback messages via this invention.
Who invented the sound that was made on tin wrapped cylinders that could be played on phonograph?
Thomas Edison invented the phonograph.
How did Thomas Edison invent the phonograph?
This was a tin foil phonograph. The phonograph played cylinders and not disks which led to his discovery that he could playback messages via this invention.
Who invented tin wrapped cylinders played on a phonograph?
edison
Who invented the first tin wrapped cylinder that could be played on a phonograph?
Edison
When did thomas Edison invented the process of tin-wrapped cylinders that could be played on a phonograph?
he invented it in 1887 exactly
Who invented the process of tin wrapped cylinders that could be played on a phonograph?
his name was Thomas Edison.
