Feb. 19 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1878, Thomas Edison patented the first gramophone. Edison, who also invented the incandescent light bulb and motion picture camera, died in 1931. In 1922, ...

Feb. 19 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1878, Thomas Edison patented the first gramophone. Edison, who also invented the incandescent light bulb and motion picture camera, died in 1931. In 1922, ...

GANGNEUNG ― Gyeongpodae on the East Coast is widely known as a sandy beachside resort area for many vacationers. But a ten-minute walk away from the beach, there is quite a different spot to grab ...

Edison’s prototype gramophone opened up a whole new world for musicians whose performances could be captured for future audiences. By the turn of the 20th century, a whole diversity of composers and ...

When Thomas Alva Edison wrapped tin foil around a metal cylinder to create the phonograph (a crude recording device), in 1877, he sang ‘Mary had a little lamb’ to test it. He couldn’t possibly have ...

It was 1877 when Thomas Edison recorded the first words ever: “Mary had a little lamb.” Now, 118 years later, people including Don Gfell are briskly trading Edison’s and other antique phonographs.

Elizabeth Billington was a British soprano in the 18th century. She was so famous, London’s leading opera houses scrambled desperately to secure her performances. In 1801 she ended up singing at both ...

The history of recorded music is not long. There are records available from the very earliest days of sound reproduction, which in its familiar form was invented by some guy named Edison in New Jersey ...

Lying somewhere between the roboflusher and LEGO car-producing LEGO factory on the practicality scale, José Pino's Mindstorms NXT gramophone brings together all the fun and tinny sound of this ...