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phonautograph

earliest known device for recording sound, transcribing sound waves onto paper or glass
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phonautograph
Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (1817–1879) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

phonautograph is a type of device[1]. phonautograph has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville[3]
  • Subclass of: recorder[4]
  • Commons category: Phonautographs[5]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1850[6]
  • Product or material produced: phonautogram[7]
  • Location of creation: Paris[8]

Why It Matters

phonautograph is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . npr.org. Retrieved . npr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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