KIDS QUIZ
FAMOUS INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
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phonograph,
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telegraph,
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micrograph,
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electrometer,
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hydrophone,
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Detailed explanation-1: -The phonograph was developed as a result of Thomas Edison’s work on two other inventions, the telegraph and the telephone. In 1877, Edison was working on a machine that would transcribe telegraphic messages through indentations on paper tape, which could later be sent over the telegraph repeatedly.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thomas Edison’s Invention In 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph using a combination of the phonautograph, the telegraph and the telephone. His goal was to transcribe messages from the telegraph to a piece of paper tape.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thomas Edison: The Phonograph. Edison’s phonograph was the first machine to both record sounds and play them back. Edison arrived at the invention through his work on the telephone, independent of the work of Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville and Charles Cros.