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 ...

In reality, Thomas Edison Jr. had very little in common with his famous father ... his most impressive contributions to the ...

Thomas Edison had a hand in inventing revolutionary devices such as the movie camera, microphone, and phonograph. But none has been more famous than ... piece of paper. In 1877, now 30, Edison ...

In 1878, Thomas Edison — already an internationally famous inventor in his early 30s ... successes was the invention of the phonograph in 1877. Instead of the vinyl disc we’re so familiar ...

Chalk it up to excitement or just plain rudeness, but Alexander Graham Bell’s notorious first words on the telephone in 1877—“Mr ... spoken phrase. But Thomas Edison, ever one to dance ...

Some say Thomas Edison invented the first machine to record and play sound in 1877. Video Interchange collects a small but illuminating overview of the history of audio formats. Ex-movie theater ...

It would be 1877 before Thomas Edison made and played back his famous recording of “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” thus successfully reproducing sound. A group of American audio historians ...

In reality, Thomas Edison Jr. had very little in common with his famous father ... his most impressive contributions to the world. In 1877, he used his phonograph machine to record “Mary ...