In fact, the early phonograph was little more than a glorified speaking tube - the kind used before the invention of the telephone.
It was a simple type of early phonograph, of course-how far from that to this small wonder that I hold in my hand!
The earliest playable Norwegian phonograph cylinder dates from 1889.
The differentiation of office dictation devices from other early phonographs, which commonly had attachments for making one's own recordings, was gradual.
Formerly used in the manufacturing of the cylinders used by the earliest phonographs.
The earliest phonograph was something of a crude curiosity, although it was one that fascinated much of the public.
"Talking dolls" and "Talking clocks" were manufactured as expensive novelties using the early phonograph.
Speaker horns, like those on early phonographs, were made into elaborate artwork.
The men recorded penguin sounds with an early phonograph, and undertook two more sledging trips to Gaussberg.
(He did well by the early phonograph, too).