Permanent historical factsheet

Invention of Phonograph

United States · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records
1877Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1877

Thomas Alva Edison12 August 1877

New Jersey · Science / Technology

Demonstrates 1st machine for recording at his "invention factory" at Menlo Park

Names involved

Thomas Alva Edison

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.