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A phonograph with two horns

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381903) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Feb 25

Today’s photo from the Collie Museum is of a phonograph with two horns. The original phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison in 1877 and dual horn type began appearing in the late 1890s to early 1900s. One of the reasons for...

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Antiques in our house-sit

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381903) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Aug 22

We are house-sitting now at Grass Valley, in Western Australia, several hours from our own home in a retirement village. The house is very old but has been well maintained and has all mod cons. The one drawback is that the...

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November 21 - Let's discuss what happened on that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222285) • United States 21 Nov 19

Pumpkin Pie Day National Stuffing Day 1676 - Danish astronomer Ole Romer presents the first quantitative measurement of the speed of light. 1877 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that records...

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Have You Ever Heard of "Lemonade Lucy?"

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 19 Nov 16

The 19th President of the United States was Rutherford B. Hayes. I found several interesting things about him in my research. I’ve been hearing bits and pieces of history about former U.S. Presidents lately, because of the...

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More About Thomas Alva Edison

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 7 May 16

His very first patent was for an Electronic Vote Recorder that he invented when he was just 22 years old, and was working as a telegrapher. This voting device kept track of votes and tabulated the final outcome of the...

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Who remembers Record Players?

momalisa65 @momalisa65 (1971) • United States 24 Feb 13

Kids nowadays don't know what a record player is. One kid asked me "What in the world is a record player?" and I said "It's a machine that plays records." He then asked "What's a record???" I used to listen to records all...

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Top 5 inventors of the world

priyashreebk @priyashreebk (11) • India 22 Dec 09

1. Thomas Alva Edison - 1093 Patents - Bulb, Phonograph, motion picture, stencils pen etc. 2. Melvin De Groote - 925 Patents - process to adhere chocolate to ice cream, process of separation of crude oil from water etc. 3....

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How can I transfer music from an old phonograph record to my computer?

monsooner @monsooner (467) • India 19 Jan 07

How can I transfer music from LP records to my computer. I want to copy music from old phonograph records to my computer then burn them to a CD. Is there a device that can do that?

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Program to transfer vinyl LP music to computer?

Idlewild @Idlewild (6090) • United States 7 Dec 06

I've heard of programs that let you record music from your old vinyl LPs (and 45s) and turn them into MP3s so that you can play them on your computer or iPod, record to CD, etc. If you've used them, what program would you...

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