Device for the analogue recording and playback of sound

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Acoustics: an Edison phonograph with a carbon microphone. Coloured wood engraving after J.T. Balcomb.

Acoustics: an Edison wax cylinder recorder. Wood engraving.

Acoustics: an electrically-powered [?] Edison-type phonograph demonstrated at an exhibition [in Paris?]. Wood engraving.

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Phonograph

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Acoustics: an Edison phonograph with a carbon microphone. Coloured wood engraving after J.T. Balcomb.

Acoustics: an electrically-powered [?] Edison-type phonograph demonstrated at an exhibition [in Paris?]. Wood engraving.

Acoustics: an Edison wax cylinder recorder. Wood engraving.

Phonograph

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Works from the collections

Acoustics: an Edison phonograph with a carbon microphone. Coloured wood engraving after J.T. Balcomb.

Acoustics: an electrically-powered [?] Edison-type phonograph demonstrated at an exhibition [in Paris?]. Wood engraving.

Acoustics: an Edison wax cylinder recorder. Wood engraving.

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