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 Considered
his most original invention, the Phonograph was patented
in 1878. Edison sketched out this new and different
idea he had, handed it down to two men who worked in
his shop, John Kruesi and Charles Batchelor, and they
made the machine. Edison took tin foil, wrapped it
around the cylinder and casually said, "This machine
is going to talk." He recited "Mary had a
little lamb" into the strange device and to everyone's
amazement (even Edison's) the machine repeated the
words exactly. Also on display is a collection of over
200 Edison phonographs. |
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