[78-L] Am I Seeing Things???

[Kristjan Saag]

Don,
AFAIK Edison actually started his sound experiments with "moving paper", 
just like in his telegraph.
And, as for Berliner, the text never mentions lateral recording. It says 
Berliner's stylus "cut a spiral groove", compared to the phonograph 
needle that "moved up and down in vertical cut recording format".
The guy misses that both cuts are spirals, although the lateral cut is 
modulated sideways. But he's probably aware of the difference between 
the hill-and-dale cut and the lateral.
Kristjan



Don Chichester wrote: 2011-01-01 16:14:
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> Another list recommended this site:  http://www.videointerchange.com/audio_history.htm#Open
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> I read a bit of it, and saw something odd.  For instance, Edison first used paper for his phonograph, then the staff worked a year before settling on tinfoil....
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> Or, Berliner developed the flat disc which recorded laterally and vertically....
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> Am I seeing things????
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> Don
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