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How the phonograph works...
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How the phonograph works...

Item # 716455 ·
NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, March 22, 1878   Page 4 has a nice article: "Explaining The Phonograph" "Ladies' Day at the Telephone Office". The report includes in part: "...The exhibition of Professor Edison's phonograph has lately attracted so many spectators...Mr. Applebaugh seated himself by the phonograph & for three hours devoted himself to experiments & explanations...". Then much detail on how his invention operates. 
Sixteen pages, some damp staining to the top quadrant, 12 by 17 inches, good condition.

Item from our most recent catalog - #368 - released for July, 2026

Category: Post-Civil War
Price
$68
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.