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Tinfoil phonograph
Tin sheet cylinder for phonograph. In 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, the first machine that could record and reproduce sound. This device recorded the sound on sheets of tinfoil. The sound made a membrane vibrate, which moved a needle marking a helical groove over the tin sheet placed on a rotating cylinder moved by a handle. To play the sound, the movement of the needle, which passe…
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Subject
- sound recordings
Type of item
- Tinfoil phonograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Creation date
- 1881 ca.
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/21.15123/BEDweBW02
Extent
- 19 cm (width) 42,5 cm (length) 19 cm (height)
Is part of
- EUreka3D
Providing country
- Spain
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2024-11-22T08:14:25.906Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-11-22T08:14:25.906Z