[78-L] fwd: The CD is dead

[Kristjan Saag]

Michael Biel wrote:

 > Little Nipper was a Bull Terrier, not a Pit Bull, and the machine he 
was listening to was a Victor, not a Victrola which was their later 
machines with an internal horn.
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In May 1899 William Barry Owen, manager of the Gramophone Company in the 
UK, asked painter Francis Barraud to replace the Edison phonograph on 
his dog painting with a gramophone.
On July 10 1900 the "His Master's Voice" trademark was registered in London.
On March 12 1901 Eldridge Johnson first registered the Victor trademark.
Question: how could Barraud's dog have listened to a Victor phonograph 
in 1899? (The poor dog must have been puzzled, not only thinking he was 
listening to his dead master's voice, but at the same time hearing it 
from a machine that yet didn't exist!)
Answer: Nipper was, in fact, listening to Johnson's Improved Gramophone, 
no matter how many times the Victor Talking Machine Company later added 
the Victor logo to the image.
Kristjan