In Appreciation of T.A. Edison.
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Edison players used wax cylinders ...
The disc players were Emile Berliner's Gramophone -
And both those players were a long way from the electronic LP record players we are famliar with.
Earlier this year, someone had recommended Greg Milner's book
"Perfecting Sound Forever: The Story of Recorded Music" - I finished it a few weeks back and highly recommended it to all the music fans here!
Its not TOO technical but does have enough tech to tell the tale well.
http://smile.amazon.com/Perfecting-.../1862079420/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1429384998
jhtstone
StarShine 10/23/2014
While this is true, those wires coming into the house are what makes everything work.
grateful
Super Member
I'm sure that many of us have the same middle name as each other.
There's a lot of truth in that.
BillyBatts
ALOHA!
There was a special on PBS "American Masters" if I'm not mistaken on the title re: Thomas Edison. Excellent 2 hour (I think) program. It's probably available on the PBS website. It's also available via services like Amazon Fire TV. Heck, maybe even Youtube at this stage of our mass communication explosion. 
They ran a special about Bing Crosby, Johnny Carson, and Henry Ford this winter as well. Really interesting stuff. Music, comedy, automobiles and Edison for many other things. There may have even been an episode re: Tesla. He too was a genius. Bell, Ford, Edison, Tesla, etc., etc. Amazing progress via these and others.
They ran a special about Bing Crosby, Johnny Carson, and Henry Ford this winter as well. Really interesting stuff. Music, comedy, automobiles and Edison for many other things. There may have even been an episode re: Tesla. He too was a genius. Bell, Ford, Edison, Tesla, etc., etc. Amazing progress via these and others.
Do some research into Henry Ford's connection both with the rise of Hitler in the 1920s and ongoing corporate support of the Nazis prior to and during World War 2.
Henry Ford's revival and printing of the fabricated "Protocols of the Elders Of Zion" did for Jews what D.W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" did for AfroAmericans, tho with Ford the harm was totally intentional. Hitler appreciated his contribution, Edison shared Ford's viewpoint.
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Grbluen
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Hmmmmm. Thanks for the history lesson. I'm on it. I guess I thought we were talking about technical stuff here. I'm going to read up on the statements here, but please don't look in my closet!
Plenty of folks deserve our respect but they are usually the quiet ones. Check out George Westinghouse for someone that does in all respects.
He is directly responsible for safe reliable railway service, the improved steam turbine for American power generation and ship steam drive, broadcast radio in the US, and with Tesla the AC power system used worldwide, amongst other many accomplishments a believer and practitioner of fair and safe labor practices.
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