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21st November 1877: Thomas Edison announced his phonograph, the world’s first practical machine that could record and play sound

21st November 2021
Tagged as: America, Art, Culture, Edison, Invention, Machine, Music, Science, Sound, Technology, United States, USA

Within two decades, Edison’s invention of the phonograph had spawned an entire industry built around the recording, distribution and sale of sound recordings.

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21st November 1877: Thomas Edison announced his phonograph, the world’s first practical machine that could record and play sound

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