Hi Dan,
Someone else mentioned that to me. Could you provide a little more
information as to what he used form the telegrph devices. I think it would
be educational to others on the list as well as me.
RMV
----- Original Message -----
From: "DanKj" <edisone1 at verizon.net>
To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [Phono-L] Fw: EARLIEST recorded human voice?
>
> Except that he didn't copy at all - Edison's phonograph was based on his
> own telegraph recording/repeating devices, not the phonautograph.
>
> =====================
> From: Bob <rvuill at comcast.net>
> Date: 2008/03/28 Fri PM 12:17:43 CDT
> To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Fw: EARLIEST recorded human voice?
>
> What Edison copied was the idea of picking up sound vibrations with a
> diaphragm and making a permanent record by transferring it to media with a
> stylus and moving the media under it. Whether it was hill and dale or
> side
> to side is insignificant. In fact, for visual examination and comparison,
> side to side is vastly superior to hill and dale. I cant imagine how hill
> and dale could be observed or measured visually.
> RMV
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob" <bob at lemker.com>
> To: "'Antique Phonograph List'" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 11:01 AM
> Subject: RE: [Phono-L] Fw: EARLIEST recorded human voice?
>
>
>> Am I missing something here.... Was the Scott "recording" hill and dale
>> or
>> side to side? I'm assuming side to side, so just exactly what did Edison
>> copy?
>> Bob
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