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March 28, 2008

NYT: Edison not the father of recorded sound

Above: The first i-Pod. Illustration from The New York Times.

Apparently Edison's recording of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" came about 20 years after a Frenchman recorded someone singing "Au Clair de la Lune," The New York Times reports. It was recorded in April 1860 on a phonautogram (above), a device that made sounds visible, not audible. But scientists recently converted the visual rendition to sound. You can hear the 10-second recording at The Times' site.

Mar 28, 2008 7:39:27 AM

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