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 for the mechanical and analogue reproduction of sound.

2025年2月28日 · 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 invention of the phonograph is generally credited to Thomas …

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 telegraphic messages through indentations on paper tape, which could later be sent over the telegraph repeatedly.

2023年7月18日 · 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 diaphragm. The phonograph converts acoustic energy into …

That changed in 1877 when Thomas Edison unveiled his phonograph. It wasn’t the first such device to record and play back audio, but it was the first generally reliable one: scratchy and nearly...

2023年6月11日 · 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 more recently, a turntable, is a mechanical and analog sound recording and reproduction device.

The history of the phonograph sets the foundation for music and the music industry within the United States and the world. It set the stage for a new era of technological advances that allowed people to record messages, music and other information.

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 invented by Thomas Edison, after other inventors had studied the idea. Early phonographs both recorded and played sound on cylinders.

2024年5月23日 · 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 for consumers to enjoy recorded music at home, except for the radio; record players began to be supplanted by cassettes, compact discs, and other recording and storage methods in ...

2017年7月18日 · "Phonograph" notes and drawings, September 7, 1877. National Park Service SEPTEMBER — Edison sketched this amazing series of forgotten phonograph designs in his quest to imagine various means of recording.