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1877年12月27日,《美国科学》杂志刊载了一则惊人的科学新闻:最近,托马斯·A·爱迪生先生访问了本刊编辑部,他把带来的一部小机器放在我们的办公桌上,摇动了一下曲柄,小机器竟奇迹般地发出声响。它先问候我们的健康状况,然后又问我们是否喜欢它,并关心地让我们早点休息。这个小玩艺就是爱迪生发明的留声机。 1878年4月24日,爱迪生留声机公司成立,地址在纽约百老汇大街20号。当时留声机配用的所谓唱片,是用锡箔卷成圆筒,然后涂上石腊制成的。这种唱片和配对的留声机,以10美元一台公开出售,曾轰动一时。然而,当好奇心和新鲜劲过去以后,简陋装置的种种缺点就显露出来了,如声
On December 27, 1877, American Science published an astonishing scientific news: Recently, Thomas A. Edison visited the editorial department of this magazine and placed a small machine that he brought in our office On the table, shake the crank, the small machine actually made a miraculous sound. It first greets our health and then asks if we like it and cares so we’ll have an early break. This little prank is the gramophone invented by Edison. On April 24, 1878, Edison Phonograph Company was established at 20 Broadway, New York. At that time, the so-called phonograph used with phonographs was made of tinfoil rolled into a cylinder and then painted with paraffin wax. The record and matching gramophone, for $ 10 a public sale, had a sensational moment. However, when the curiosity and freshness of the past, the shortcomings of simple devices revealed itself, such as sound