How Sony Got Started Akio Morita was born into a wealthy family which regularly bought all the latest electric gadgets. His father’s purchase of an electric phonograph triggered his interest in ...

On the rue d Ayen in bedraggled St. Germain, France, stands a bright, pink, three-story schoolhouse. In its library are $25,000 worth of books. Its music room has an electric phonograph and a big ...

Invention of a new electric phonograph pick-up that is from 5 to 15 times lighter than the types now in use has been made by two men working in the Cruft Laboratory here. The inventors are Frank V ...

His inventions span a wide range of technologies, including: Light bulb: The practical electric lamp with a carbon filament was the first commercially viable electric light. Phonograph: A device for ...

A new and improved tool generally means new or improved accomplishments. Great improvements in sound recording and reproduction have been made possible by the thermionic amplifier. Electrical ...

The first jukebox, developed by the original manufacturer, Thomas Edison was installed on November 23rd 1889 at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco. Constructed by the Pacific Phonograph Co, ...