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1857 - First Recording of Sound Waves made by the Phonautograph.

Invented by Leon Scott de Martinville.

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1877 - Edison Tin Foil Phonograph.Developed from his work on the

telegraph and telephone.

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1881 - First Lateral Cut Record Disc.

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1887 - Berliner’s Gramophone.

1898 - Victor Victrola Gramophone.

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1900 - Indestructible “celluloid” Cylinders.

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1908 - Columbia issues double-sided record.

1913 - Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph.Cylinder machines no longer made due to

the better quality of the flat disc.

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1926 - The first all-electric phonograph.

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1933 -– The development and history of the loudspeaker began. The Thuras Loudspeaker.

1930’s - The beginning of magnetic tape recordings.

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1948 - Records made of vinyl used universally.

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1963 - The introduction of the compact audiocassette tape.

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1982 - Introduction of the Compact Disc.

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1995 - Introduction of the DVD.

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Other Ideas?Other Ideas?

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• We have seen how inventions can lead to other inventions to improve the way of doing things.

• Can you think of any other simple examples where a simple tool or invention has been developed leading to other new inventions?