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Phonograph cylinder

Phonograph cylinders (also referred to as Edison cylinders after their creator Thomas Edison) are the earliest commercial medium for recording and reproducing sound. Known simply as records in their heyday (c. 1896–1916), a name since passed to their disc-shaped successors, these hollow cylindrical objects have an audio recording engraved on the outside…

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Capacity
2 (and later 4) minutes
Discontinued
1929
Released
c. 1888

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Early development

Commercial packaging

Hard plastic cylinders

Decline

Later applications

Preservation of cylinder recordings

Gallery

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Phonograph cylinder

Nodes95
Edges94
Triples42
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021053
Components1

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Phonograph cylinder

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related to Gallery · 30
Phonograph cylinder → Amberol, Blue Amberol, Brown, CBS, Celluloid, Close-up, Columbia, Delivering Ediphone, Dictaphone, Each, Ediphone, Edison, Edison Amberola, Edison Gold Moulded, Europe, Mapleson Cylinders, May, Metropolitan Opera, New JerseyRecording, Note
related to External links · 9
Phonograph cylinder → British Library, California, Cylinder Audio Archive, History, Santa Barbara, Streaming, Tinfoil, University, Vulcan Cylinder Record CompanyEthnographic
Capacity · 1
Phonograph cylinder → 2 (and later 4) minutes
Discontinued · 1
Phonograph cylinder → 1929
Released · 1
Phonograph cylinder → c. 1888

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cylinders cylinder wax edison phonograph recording records recordings made record later recorded celluloid technology could new sound commercial audio released

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Phonograph cylinderCapacity2 (and later 4) minutes1.00infobox
Phonograph cylinderDiscontinued19291.00infobox
Phonograph cylinderReleasedc. 18881.00infobox
Phonograph cylinderrelated to External linksTinfoil0.60section
Phonograph cylinderrelated to External linksHistory0.60section
Phonograph cylinderrelated to External linksCylinder Audio Archive0.60section
Phonograph cylinderrelated to External linksUniversity0.60section
Phonograph cylinderrelated to External linksCalifornia0.60section
Phonograph cylinderrelated to External linksSanta Barbara0.60section
Phonograph cylinderrelated to External linksStreaming0.60section
Phonograph cylinderrelated to External linksVulcan Cylinder Record CompanyEthnographic0.60section
Phonograph cylinderrelated to External linksBritish Library0.60section

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