The Phonogram (1901-07)

Page scan 0003 from The Phonogram

Record Details:

Title:
The Phonogram
Date:
1901-07
Volume:
The Phonogram (II), Issue 15
Leaf #:
0003
Language:
English
Subjects:
honograph,"Phonograph History, Thomas Edison","National Phonograph Company","Sound Recording History
Collection:
Recorded Sound
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 20, 2022
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3 6 the Phonogram his mechanical ability and the writer would not advise the reader who has no ability in a mechanical line to attempt to replace a broken spring. ( To be continued ) THE PHONOGRAPH AS AN ALARM CLOCK. A curious development of the Edison Phonograph is found in the speaking watches and clocks now being manufactured in Switzerland. The old repeater, which, on the pressure of an attachment, would strike or repeat the last hour, is thrown entirely into the shade by the new invention. In the new form of watch a button is pressed, but instead of a stroke of a bell the owner is informed of the time in articulate speech. Alarm clocks are also made, but instead of the usual small vibrating bell they call out: “It's 6 o’clock! Get up; don’t go to sleep again!” These talking watches and clocks are the invention of a French manufacturer who has settled in Geneva.—From the Jackson, Mich., Press. ' ADVERTISING BY PHONOGRAPH. A clever Birmingham man has hit upon a brilliant adver- tising scheme. It consists of automatically-worked Phono- graphs imprisoned in pagodas such as are used by the tele- phone company for some of their public-call offices in the London Streets. The Phonograph is set and proceeds to describe a pinner at Smith’s for so much or mentions that the invisible and imprisoned speaker is wearing a suit of Brown’s clothes, which are really startling value for a small sum.