Phonograph
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Wednesday November 21, 1877
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Basic information
Category
inventions
Country
United States
Description
device for recording and replaying sound
Several inventors devised machines to record sound but Edison being the first to invent a device that could both record and reproduce sound
Thomas Edison announced his invention of the first phonograph, a device for recording and replaying sound, on November 21, 1877, and he demonstrated the device for the first time on November 29, it was patented on February 19, 1878.
Alexander Graham Bell's made several improvements in the 1880s and introduced the graphophone.
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Saturday May 23, 2026
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How old Phonograph would be if it was invented on a different planet
Mercury
616.24 years
Venus
241.25 years
Mars
78.91 years
Jupiter
12.5 years
Saturn
5.04 years
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Phonograph - Celebrations from his DOB
- 28 days from now, May 23, 2026, Phonograph celebrate 149th half birthday
- 59 days from now, June 23, 2026, Phonograph celebrate 79th Mars age
- 66 days from now, June 30, 2026, Phonograph celebrate 617th Mercury age
- 154 days from now, September 26, 2026, Phonograph celebrate 618th Mercury age
- 166 days from now, October 8, 2026, Phonograph celebrate 242nd Venus age
- 187 days from now, October 29, 2026, Phonograph celebrate exactly 4,700,000,000 seconds
- 210 days from now, November 21, 2026, Phonograph celebrate 149th birthday
- 242 days from now, December 23, 2026, Phonograph celebrate 619th Mercury age
- 271 days from now, January 21, 2027, Phonograph celebrate exactly 1790 months
- 329 days from now, March 20, 2027, Phonograph celebrate 620th Mercury age
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