The idea that the human brain might work similarly arose almost immediately. In 1878, engineer Charles Siemens proposed that “the brain acts like a phonograph,” receiving sensory impressions and ...
November of 1877, the publication Scientific American enthuses about Thomas Edison's new invention: the phonograph, a way to record and play back sound. Calling it a "wonderful invention," the article ...
Thomas Alva Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park whose genius ushered in a new era of light and sound for humankind, invented the phonograph at his New Jersey laboratory on this day in history, Aug. 12, ...