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The carbon microphone was first created by Thomas Alva Edison in 1877. There was another person who claimed to own the patent for the microphone in 1877 and that was Emily Berliner.
Both Emile Berliner and Thomas Edison applied for patents on the carbon microphone in 1877.
In 1877, German immigrant, Emile Berliner invented the microphone.
Emile Berliner and Thomas Edison invented the first carbon microphone within a month of one another in 1877. Patent rights were eventually assigned to Edison. For a more detailed history of the microphone you might wish to see the wikipedia article.
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Several telegraphs were patented in the UK and US in 1837, none by Edison. The US patent was awarded to Samuel Morse. Edison did patent the Phonograph in 1877.
Emile Berliner was a famous inventor who invented the carbon microphone in 1877 (at the same time as Thomas Edison), the gramophone in 1887, and in 1888 invented a simpler way to record sound by using discs. Berliner's also invented a new type of loom, an acoustic tile, and an early version of the helicopter.
Born: March 4, 1877(1877-03-04) Paris, Kentucky
Garrett Morgan was born on March 4, 1877.
Garrett a Morgan was born in Paris Kentucky on march 4th 1877
1871 Alexander graham bell made the telephone. 1876 daimler made the gasoline carburettor. 1877 thomas alva Edison made the phonogragh. 1877 emile berliner made the microphone. 1878 William crookes made thecathoderay tube.
On March 4, 1877 German-American inventor Emile Berliner, working in New York City, invented the microphone. It was first used as a telephone speech transmitter.