Thomas Edison and his team of engineers managed to imprint sound waves in a strip of tinfoil. And you spoke - well, you really had to shout into a mouthpiece, and it could record sound and play it ...

Thomas Alva Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park whose genius ... It was the earliest version of the record turntable that became the predominant form of music media in the 20th century — and ...

In reality, Thomas Edison Jr. had very little in common with ... In 1877, he used his phonograph machine to record “Mary Had ...

He was nearly deaf, self-educated, and held a world-record 1,093 patents Beyond the infamous highlights of the light bulb and phonograph, there are many other fun facts about Thomas Edison.

Thomas Alva Edison was born in 1847 in MIlan ... Edison filed his first patent for an electric vote recorder — a device he soon discovered for which there was no demand at all.

In reality, Thomas Edison Jr. had very little in common with ... In 1877, he used his phonograph machine to record “Mary Had a Little Lamb” on a piece of tinfoil, introducing the first voice ...