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| Thomas Edison. 1877. Edison Cylinder Phonograph. |
Phonograph was invented in 1977 by Thomas Edison. While
there were devices that could record sound, Edison’s phonograph was the first
device to be able to record and reproduce sound. The phonograph originally
recorded sound onto a tinfoil sheet cylinder. Later on improvement were made to
use wax-coated cardboard cylinders to record sound. There weren’t any device
that could reproduce recorded sound before phonograph.
Phonograph is historically important because it was the
beginning of sound recording technology. The invention of phonograph led to the
invention of gramophone, which used flat, double-sided discs instead of
cylinder. Sound recording technology kept on improving – vinyl LP record to
cassette tape to compact disk to digital recording formats. If phonograph wasn’t invented, then the
production of recorded sound wouldn’t have developed, and we wouldn’t be able
listen to music unless we go to a live concert.
I didn't know that was a thing. That's cool, I don't really understand the assignment Atkins gave but I think I'm supposed to make a comment on something, there's nothing constructive for me to say though, so cool I guess.
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