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Beyond Words

Video: Edison's Tinfoil Phonograph Reenactment

See a reenactment of Thomas Edison's first recording of sound, from the Lemelson Center's celebration of Edison's 150th birthday.

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Create Your Own Cardboard Gramophone

The Gramophone is an early device created to reproduce sound recordings and was invented by a German-born American inventor named Emil Berliner. Learn how you can make your very own gramophone using objects from around your home with this great Spark!Lab activity!

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Invention Stories

Trilled Rs and the Dawn of Recorded Sound in America

Until recently, the oldest recorded sounds of known date which anyone could hear had been captured in 1888 on the “perfected” phonograph introduced that year by Thomas Edison.

Woody Norris
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Podcast: Woody Norris Invented Sound that You Aim Like a Laser Beam

Inventor Woody Norris reflects on his famous career.

Invention Stories

Thomas Edison's Inventive Life

Everyone thinks of light bulbs when they hear Thomas Alva Edison's name. His creative genius, though, came through in his numerous other inventions, from the electrical power system and the phonograph that could record and play back sound, to motion picture technology and storage batteries (he believed in electric cars!).

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Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Records

Inventor Name Dolby, Ray Repository Corporate ArchivistDolby Laboratories, Inc.Corporate Archives1275 Market StreetSan Francisco, CA 94131415-558-0268

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Memo Mate Papers, 1993-1996

Inventor Name Hunsicker, Jackson

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Radio Corporation of America Photographs

Inventor Name Unknown

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Hugh Le Caine Fonds, 1943-1977

Inventor Name Le Caine, Hugh Repository Library and Archives Canada395 Wellington StreetOttawa, ON K1A 0N4CANADAReference: 613-996-5115 or 1-866-578-7777 (toll free in Canada and the US)

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Dan Gibson fonds, 1943-2006

Inventor Name Gibson, Dan

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Marvin Camras Papers, ca. 1938-ca. 1964

Inventor Name Camras, Marvin Repository Illinois Institute of Technology ArchivesPaul V. Galvin Library35 West 33rd StreetChicago, IL 60616312-567-3364http://www.gl.iit.edu/

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Neuendorff family papers, 1857-1950

Inventor Name Neuendorff, Max Repository Daughters of the Republic of Texas LibraryP.O. Box 1401San Antonio, Texas 78295-1401210-225-1071http://www.drtl.org/

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Nathan B. Stubblefield Papers, 1906-1923

Inventor Name Stubblefield, Nathan B.

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Homer Walter Dudley Papers, 1936-1956

Inventor Name Dudley, Homer Walter

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Raoul Hausmann Correspondence, 1909-1971 (bulk 1960s)

Inventor Name Hausmann, Raoul

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S. Joseph Begun Papers, 1888-2000 (bulk 1927-1995)

Inventor Name Begun, S. Joseph

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B. L. Aldridge Files, 1897-1980

Inventor Name RCA Corporation. Office of Company Historian.

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RCA Corporation Records, 1887-1983 (bulk, 1914-1968)

Inventor Name RCA Corporation

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Louis P. Valiquet Collection [manuscript], 1815-1922 (bulk 1891-1922)

Inventor Name Valiquet, Louis P.

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Papers of Emile Berliner, 1856-1929

Inventor Name Berliner, Emile Repository Library of CongressManuscript Division101 Independence Ave., SEWashington, DC 20540-4680202-707-5387www.loc.gov Physical Description 16 items, 1 container

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