Discover the history of recorded sound: visit our new webspace to explore how a series of astonishing innovations revolutionised technology and impacted the way we live and the sounds we hear today. Part of the Unlocking our Sound Heritage project #UOSH, in partnership with @HeritageFundUK. Listen to more sounds 🔉 http://ow.ly/cUfm50EZR5W | British Library

26K views · 263 reactions | The first known voice recording was made by the French inventor Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville in on April 9, 1860. An excerpt of the popular French folk song 'Au Claire de la Lune' was recorded on Scott de Martinville's invention called 'phonautograph' in the form of lines that were drawn by a stylus on a paper covered in soot. This recording has been preserved at the French Academy of Sciences since 1861.RFI went to see and hear it. | RFI English | Facebook

How the First Phonograph Captured Sound 🎶 #History #Inventions #Edison #Phonograph #TechOrigins | The Ancient Past

Thomas Edison completed his first working model of the phonograph on August 12, 1877. He debuted the invention later that year and amazed the public with his simple demonstration of how to capture the human voice. | American Experience | PBS

#OTD in 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, the first device that could record and play back sound. This clip from BROOKLYN BRIDGE highlights how the device was created during a time of rapid innovation in our country. | UNUM Ken Burns