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, ...

(WHSV) - Almost 150 years ago on Feb. 19, 1878, Thomas Edison patented the phonograph.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - October 17, 1888. Thomas Edison files a patent for the optical phonograph, a device capable of recording and replaying sound for the first time, producing a moving picture.

November 24, 1888 - The introduction of the phonograph in Lincoln was reported in The Nebraska State Journal on November 24, 1888. A company was created to control its introduction in several states, ...

Introduction: "Fugitive Sound Waves," Fugitive Voices -- The Talking Machine: A Marvelous Inevitability -- A Magic Speaking Object: Early Patterns of Response to the Phonograph -- Collectors and the ...

Talking tin foil -- Cylinders in business -- Entertainment for a nickel -- Emile Berliner's disc -- At home with the phonograph -- The improving gramophone -- Europe welcomes the talking machine -- A ...

When Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, he gave the world its first device that could both record and replay sound. A vibrating diaphragm pressed a stylus into soft wax, carving microscopic ...