Charles Sumner Tainter - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Charles Sumner Tainter: Encyclopedia - Charles Sumner Tainter
Charles Sumner Tainter (April 25, 1854 - April 20, 1940) was an American engineer and inventor, best known for his collaborations with Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Graham Bell: Encyclopedia - Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-American-Canadian scientist and inventor. He was, until recently,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phonograph: Encyclopedia - Phonograph
The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded sound from the 1870s through the 1980s. Phonograph - Termi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Graham Bell: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Graham Bell - Biography
Born Alexander Bell in Edinburgh, he later adopted the middle name Graham out of admiration for Alexander Graham, a family friend. Many c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phonograph: Encyclopedia Ii - Phonograph - Turntable Technology
Phonograph - Turntable construction. Inexpensive record players typically used a flanged steel stamping for the turntable structure. A ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Graham Bell: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Graham Bell - Biography
Born Alexander Bell in Edinburgh, Scotland, he later adopted the middle name Graham out of admiration for Alexander Graham, a family frie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Graham Bell: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Graham Bell - Eugenics
Along with many very prominent thinkers and scientists of the time, Bell was connected with the eugenics movement in the United States. F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phonograph: Encyclopedia Ii - Phonograph - The Dominance Of The Disc Phonograph
Berliner's lateral disc record was the ancestor of the 78 rpm, 45 rpm, 33⅓ rpm, and all other analogue disc records popular for use in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phonograph: Encyclopedia Ii - Phonograph - Terminology
Usage of these terms is somewhat different in American English and British English; see usage note below. In more modern usage, this devi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phonograph: Encyclopedia Ii - Phonograph - History
Phonograph - The phonautograph. The earliest known invention of a phonographic recording device was the phonautograph, invented by Edou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phonograph: Encyclopedia Ii - Phonograph - Disc Versus Cylinder As A Recording Medium
Disc recording is inherently neither better nor worse than cylinder recording in potential audio fidelity. Recordings made on a cylinder ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phonograph: Encyclopedia Ii - Phonograph - The Phonograph In The 21st Century
Turntables continue to be manufactured and sold into the 21st century, although in small numbers. Whilst there are many audiophiles who s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phonograph: Encyclopedia Ii - Phonograph - British And American And Australian Language Usage Differences
In British English "gramophone" came to refer to any sound reproducing machine using disc records, as disc records were popularized in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phonograph: Encyclopedia Ii - Phonograph - The Dominance Of The Disc Phonograph
Berliner's lateral disc record was the ancestor of the 78 rpm, 45 rpm, 33⅓ rpm, and all other analogue disc records popular for use in ...   » Read the article