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Modern Marvels, "Phonograph (aka Edison Effect-Phonograph)"

Modern Marvels, "Phonograph (aka Edison Effect-Phonograph)"

In 1877, for the first time, voices, music, the barking of dogs--and all sorts of other sounds could be recorded, played back, and preserved for posterity. All through the marvel of the phonograph. Surprisingly the man who created the phonograph, Thomas Alva Edison, had no theoretical background in acoustics, and only a few months of formal schooling. And ironically, he was half deaf. Edison would go on to create other wonderful inventions including the electric light and motion pictures, but throughout his long and legendary life, his favorite invention remained the phonograph. He called it "his baby". THOMAS EDISON: THE PHONOGRAPH begins by telling the tale of Thomas Edison's younger years. Born in Ohio in 1847, little "Al" was bright, compulsively curious and somewhat frail. At age eight, a bout with scarlet fever left him with a hearing problem that would stay with him the rest of his life. At the age of 15, young Edison rescued a small child from an oncoming train. As a reward, the father of the boy taught Edison telegraphy. Edison went on to work as a telegrapher. He also tinkered with inventions. His first invention was an electronic vote recorder. Edison declared himself a full-time inventor in 1869. Over the next several years, Edison developed improvements to the telegraph and telephone. He set up a lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey, to continue work on inventions. While working on a new telegraph model, Edison became convinced sound could be recorded and repeated. Edison ...

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