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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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Thomas Edison was a world famous inventor who patented 1093 inventions during his lifetime. His most notable ones include the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb. Before he was an inventor, Edison spent 2 years of his life at this home in the Butchertown neighborhood of Louisville, Ky.
The Edison House, built in 1850, wasnt purchased by Edison until 1969. Edison was 19 at the time and was a skilled telegrapher, so he took a job for Western Union in Louisville, Ky. He spent the next 2 years here until one night while working the night shift, Edison had an accident. He spilled sulfuric acid all over the floor which dripped down a level onto his bosses desk. The next day, Edison was fired and left Louisville for good.
16 years later, after the invention of the Light Bulb, the Southern Exposition was held in Louisville. The light bulb was on display and a major attraction. Edison did not make the trip back to Louisville.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker tour the field hospital in Edison, N.J. on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. (Office of the Attorney General / Tim Larsen)
Ohio Edison runner up Carol Haffner of Springfield, Ohio, received more than 780 votes on Facebook and will be awarded a $100 gift card. Haffner’s “small piece of paradise” features a container pond with several birdhouses and feeders, fairy gardens and various pieces of rock art. Haffner also loves gardening and has 20 varieties of flowers, fruits and vegetables.
The best replica ever made, of the Edison Hardy tinfoil.
Made in France in 1978 for the 100 year anniversery of the phonograph invention in 1877.
The original version of this phonograph was made in France in 1878.
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aro@phonogalerie.com
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy tours the Edison Vaccination Facility in Edison, N.J. on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (Governors Office / Tim Larsen)
Edison Tinfoil Phonograph made by Hardy
France circa 1878
First step in voic recording and play back.
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The best replica ever made, of the Edison Hardy tinfoil.
Made in France in 1978 for the 100 year anniversery of the phonograph invention in 1877.
The original version of this phonograph was made in France in 1878.
For more information contact us
aro@phonogalerie.com
The best replica ever made, of the Edison Hardy tinfoil.
Made in France in 1978 for the 100 year anniversery of the phonograph invention in 1877.
The original version of this phonograph was made in France in 1878.
For more information contact us
aro@phonogalerie.com
Linda Leeman gets the vaccination at the Edison Vaccination Facility in Edison, N.J. on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (Governors Office / Tim Larsen)
The best replica ever made, of the Edison Hardy tinfoil.
Made in France in 1978 for the 100 year anniversery of the phonograph invention in 1877.
The original version of this phonograph was made in France in 1878.
For more information contact us
aro@phonogalerie.com
Downtown Fort Myers was not the pretty, polished, South Beach-lite, hip happening place it is today back in the mid-1990's when I was spending time there. I am glad to see the Edison Theatre looking so great.
Downtown Ft. Myers, Florida.
Monday, December 24, 2012.
Christmas Eve Day.
The best replica ever made, of the Edison Hardy tinfoil.
Made in France in 1978 for the 100 year anniversery of the phonograph invention in 1877.
The original version of this phonograph was made in France in 1878.
For more information contact us
aro@phonogalerie.com
A volunteer at Gaslight Gathering's "Hall of Wonders" talks to visitors about the Edison phonograph, playing antiques from her family's collection.
Here the volunteer puts a new wax cylinder 'record' on a small phonograph to play for an eager audience of con-goers in their steampunk finery.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker tour the field hospital in Edison, N.J. on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. (Office of the Attorney General / Tim Larsen)
Electric Generator
In the fall of 1878, after experiments indicated that existing arc light generators were inefficient for incandescent lighting Edison and his chief assistants, Charles Batchelor and Francis Upton, investigated generator design and the principles of electromagnetism. During the first months of 1879, Edison designed a dynamo that differed in important ways from contemporary designs. Many contemporary electrical experts thought a generator would work best when its internal electrical resistance was equal to the external resistance of the circuit. This view was based on the understanding that the maximum power output for any given battery occurred when its internal resistance matched that of the rest of the circuit. Generators with equal internal and external resistance generated maximum current, but because Edison considered the economic efficiency of his system to be related to the number of lamps per horsepower, he determined that a generator with a small internal resistance would produce more efficient power output.
The other key feature of the Edison dynamo was its large bipolar magnets, which gave the generator its nickname, the "long-legged Mary-Ann" (a somewhat rude joke among the all-male laboratory staff). In arriving at this design, Edison drew in part on Michael Faraday's half-century-old work regarding the electromagnetic generation of current by a conductor (the armature) moving through the magnetic lines of force generated by a field magnet. Understanding that the more lines of force crossed in the most direct manner, the more productive the generator, Edison apparently conceived his large magnets as a concentrated source of Faraday's lines of magnetic force. However, John Hopkinson later demonstrated that such large electromagnets were inefficient.
Potomac Edison runner up Katie Lambert of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., received 1090 votes on Facebook and will be awarded a $100 gift card. As a new homeowner, Lambert wanted a place to relax after a long week of work. She designed a sitting area with tables, chairs and lots of flowers, and added a fire pit area this year.
The National Park Services website had some info on the talking dolls and some recordings from them.
The best replica ever made, of the Edison Hardy tinfoil.
Made in France in 1978 for the 100 year anniversery of the phonograph invention in 1877.
The original version of this phonograph was made in France in 1878.
For more information contact us
aro@phonogalerie.com
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy tours the Edison Vaccination Facility in Edison, N.J. on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (Governors Office / Tim Larsen)
Edison the wizard created the first successful incandescent lamp in October, 1879.
This rendering shows the bulb, methods of fitting it to wall brackets, and the details of its holder.
Edison Tinfoil Phonograph made by Hardy
France circa 1878
First step in voic recording and play back.
For more information contact us.
aro@phonogalerie.com