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Tag: Sound

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21st November 1877: Thomas Edison announces the phonograph

21st November 2019
Tagged as: Culture, Edison, Invention, Music, Recording, Science, Sound, Technology, USA

On the 21^st November 1877, American inventor Thomas Edison announced his phonograph, the world’s first practical machine that could record and play sound using a cylinder.

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10th March 1876: Bell transmits the first speech using the telephone

10th March 2019
Tagged as: Communication, Invention, Science, Scotland, Sound, Technology, Telephone, USA

On the 10^th March 1876, Scottish-born inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call when he contacted his assistant, Thomas Watson.