The telephone, the microphone & the phonograph by comte Th. Du Moncel
"The Telephone, the Microphone & the Phonograph" by comte Th. Du Moncel is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The book focuses on the invention, development, and scientific principles underpinning the telephone, microphone, and phonograph, detailing their histories, mechanisms, and various applications. Drawing on the recent and rapid advances of the electrical era, it explores both the technical and practical aspects of these groundbreaking communication devices. The opening of
the work establishes a historical context for the telephone by tracing humanity’s desire to transmit sound over distances, from ancient times to the 19th century. It highlights early experiments, such as those involving string telephones, and credits significant figures like Robert Hooke, Charles Wheatstone, Charles Bourseul, Elisha Gray, and Alexander Graham Bell for their roles in evolving the concept and technology of electrical sound transmission. The text delineates the transition from simple acoustic to electric methods, outlines the main disputes over priority, and introduces the principal technologies leading up to the Bell telephone. The narrative then proceeds to explain a range of early telephone designs—including musical telephones and speaking telephones—while also providing detailed descriptions of their construction and operation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Du Moncel, Th., comte, 1821-1884 |
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| Illustrator | Bonnafoux, B. |
| Uniform Title | Le téléphone, le microphone et le phonographe. English |
| Title | The telephone, the microphone & the phonograph |
| Alternate Title | The telephone, the microphone and the phonograph |
| Original Publication | United Kingdom: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co. Ltd., 1892. |
| Note | Reading ease score: 50.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Credits | deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | TK: Technology: Electrical, Electronics and Nuclear engineering |
| Subject | Telephone |
| Subject | Microphone |
| Subject | Phonograph |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 75683 |
| Release Date | Mar 22, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 221 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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