A phonograph, later called a gramophone (as a trademark since 1887, as a generic name in the UK since 1910), and since the 1940s a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device …

Dec 4, 2024 · Phonograph, also called a record player, instrument for reproducing sounds by means of the vibration of a stylus, or needle, following a groove on a rotating disc. The …

Jul 18, 2023 · The phonograph is a mechanical device that captures and plays back sound using several key components, including a rotating cylindrical or disc-shaped platform, a stylus and a …

The phonograph was developed as a result of Thomas Edison's work on two other inventions, the telegraph and the telephone. In 1877, Edison was working on a machine that would transcribe …

Jun 11, 2023 · A phonograph, also known as a gramophone in later iterations (as a trademark since 1887 and a generic name in the UK from 1910), a record player since the 1940s, or …

The phonograph is a device for the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound. It was the most common device for playing recorded music from the 1870s through the 1980s. It was …

Jul 18, 2017 · "Phonograph" notes and drawings, September 7, 1877. National Park Service SEPTEMBER — Edison sketched this amazing series of forgotten phonograph designs in his …

Apr 30, 2007 · A phonograph is a device that can record a sound, according to the two Greek words, which is the phone, meaning sound and graph, meaning writing to denote. Table of …

New Jersey inventor Thomas Edison was working on a system to record telegraph messages on strips of waxed paper in mid-1877 when, by his account, he came to believe he could record …

May 23, 2024 · A phonograph, gramophone, or record player, is a device which is designed to play back recorded music. For almost 100 years, phonographs were essentially the only way …