The Phonogram (1901-01)

Page scan 0006 from The Phonogram

Record Details:

Title:
The Phonogram
Date:
1901-01
Volume:
The Phonogram (II), Issue 21
Leaf #:
0006
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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JANUARY 1902 a spiral of steel wire, magnetizing the wire with vary- ing degrees of intensity in accordance with the tones spoken into the transmitter. Then to reproduce the sound it is simply necessary to adjust the magnet to the reproduc- ing device, and the spoken words come out clear and strong. When a subscriber wishes to leave his telephone he simply turns the switch, and the ringing of the bell starts the telegraphone working. It will deliver a message or receive one. It is also a Phonograph pure and simple, as Well as a dictating machine. The inventor is Valdemar Paulsen, a Dane. It is patented in the United States. A POOR BINDING wife,” boasted the happy young Benedick, “is an open book to me.” “Mine too,” declared the old n man ; “I can’t shut her up .”—Philadelphia Press. Conductok : “Why didn’t you wave that red flag instead of the green when I sent you down the track ? You could have saved this train.” Pat : ‘ ‘For no man will Oi wave a red flag whin Oi have a grane wan !”— Life.