Phonograph

As America became a giant industrial country, many new inventions were created that greatly influenced the business growth during the Industrial Revolution. Advances in communication led to inventions such as the typewriter, the telephone, phonograph, transatlantic cable, and the incandescent light bulb while advances in business growth led to other inventions such as barbed wire, electric motor, and the diesel engine. Inventions that improved communication made it more efficient by speeding up…

Since America has all the mass media that is made today, one could assess that the world would look a heck of a lot different without our people making the inventions that have matured into industries of culture such Thomas Edison with the Phonograph and the Movie projector that allowed for our culture to be easily dispersed into countries that may have not have known about us as intimately as they do after consume our…

This informal education had emerged all of Edison’s later inventions, such as the phonograph and the light bulb. In addition, he had not had any formal education since he was expelled out from his elementary school due to his mental disability. Despite having different background, both of Tesla and Edison had some contribution to the communications…

Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera can easily be indentified as one of the greatest inventors of all time. In his era, Edison was considered brilliant above all standards and everything he seemed to do was held in the highest regard as if made of gold. Yet, even the most ingenious minds always seem to be accompanied by a touch of madness. There was indeed a side to Edison that only the most unfortunate would see, a side that was…

It was the first time that I heard and watched this movie---Sita sings the Blues. This animated movie won the best-animated feature on the Annecy International animation festival, and it also got the award nomination of the independent spirit of the 24th American independent filmfest. There is no doubt that this film is a wonderful film otherwise it cannot win and get these honors and awards and the focus from so many people around the world. But there are still many people think this film is a…

States based on technological advances, artistic achievements, and prosperity. During this period, technological advances became something major in the 1920’s. The Jazz Age was a time period where there was drama and political change. The radio, phonograph and automobile were created during this period, enhancing the way people communicated and got around. Music, in this case jazz music, was a big accomplishment and changed the way in which music was played and listened to and got rid of…

transfer voice by connecting wires into the harmonic telegrpah to create the first telephone.Something else caught his eye, he decied to desgin what was called then a phonograph for the deaf people.This inspired him from working with deaf people, and his mother was also deaf.This invention was a way for the deaf to socialize. After the phonograph was done and complete, he began to help the deaf control the phonograph.He also got very famous from this invention as well.He then got bored of the…

Tesla and Edison During the late 1890s the inventions of two great minds, Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison, helped turn electricity from a scientific concept into a household amenity. In this paper, I will review both of these men’s lives, give an overview of their accomplishments, and go over how these accomplishments still have an impact today. Nikola Tesla was born July 10, 1856 in Smiljan, Croatia. A bright child with an almost photographic memory and an aptitude for problem-solving, Tesla…

He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. He was born February 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio. He died on October 18, 1931, West Orange, NJ. His mother Nancy Edison was a school teacher and his father Samuel Edison…

through the various forms mentioned previously. For instance, Dr. Steward uses the phonograph in his medical practice, and Mina Harker uses the typewriter to compile various letters and journals into a single, coherent narrative. Throughout the novel, both ‘shorthand’ technologies and phonography are portrayed as efficient methods of recording information. To elaborate, when Mina suggests that Dr. Steward's phonograph “beats even shorthand”, the reader may assume that plays a role as an even…