Some of Thomas Edison's inventions included: The phonograph, the very first machine that could capture and play back sound. The stencil-pen, a writing instrument powered by electricity and that is ...

In 1877, Thomas Alva Edison (1847 – 1931) invented the tin foil phonograph – a machine that ... I was sitting there realising I am the first person to get to listen to somebody singing before ...

On December 7, 1877 Thomas Edison demonstrated his phonograph at the New York City offices of the nation's leading technical weekly publication, Scientific American. The following report set off ...

Art Gillham’s session made history. The technology changed who was heard in recordings, how artists approach their music and ...