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EDISON TIN-FOIL PHONOGRAPH [1 record]

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Record 1 1980-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audio Technology
OBS

The original tin-foil phonograph by Thomas A. Edison, 1877.

OBS

(...) the first phonograph constructed had a revolving cylinder with a helical groove incised into its surface. Over it a sheet of tin foil was wrapped smoothly; a stylus, affixed to the center of a diaphragm actuated by sound waves, indented the foil (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électroacoustique
OBS

Phonographe Edison à feuille d'étain (1878).

OBS

Le phonographe Edison comprend essentiellement un cylindre dont la surface forme une vis à filets carrés. Une feuille de papier d'étain est enroulée sur cette surface. Le cylindre est animé d'un mouvement de rotation et de translation.

Key term(s)
  • phonographe à feuille d'étain

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