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Phonograph

Mechanical Engineering

A phonograph, later called a gramophone and since the 1940s a record player, is a device for the mechanical and analogue reproduction of sound. It was invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1877 1
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Acoustical Engineering, Fields

Sound recording is acoustical engineering

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Invented the phonograph in 1877.

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  • Lead section (entity-description)
    A phonograph, later called a gramophone, and since the 1940s a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device for the mechanical and analogue reproduction of sound.
  • History section (Edison)
    The phonograph was invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison.
  • In Field: Mechanical Engineering, Lead section
    A phonograph, later called a gramophone, and since the 1940s a record player, or more recently a turntable, is a device for the mechanical and analogue reproduction of sound.
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