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Edison cylinder phonograph
An old Edison cylinder phonograph in the Think Tank science museum in Birmingham, England. The horn is the little white thing on the right. It scans across the cylinder as you wind a handle, "reading" sound with a needle that runs along the groove.
This is from our article on how record players work.
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Edison cylinder phonograph
An old Edison cylinder phonograph in the Think Tank science museum in Birmingham, England. The horn is the little white thing on the right. It scans across the cylinder as you wind a handle, "reading" sound with a needle that runs along the groove.
This is from our article on how record players work.
Our images are published under a Creative Commons Licence (see opposite) and are free for noncommercial use. We also license our images for commercial use. Please contact us directly via our website for more details.