William R. Vanden DriesIntro to Audio Preservation and Reformatting

INF 392LFall 2012

Phonautogram

Phonautogram

(A little bit of background)

Thomas Young's "Vibrograph", c. 1806

Pouillet's experiments "writing"with a tuning fork, c. 1850

Chladni patternsErnst Chladni's work with vibrations, c. 1780's

Music boxes - one example of imitating a "source"

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Early phonautograph experiment by Scott, c.

1853/1854Édouard-Léon Scott de

Martinville

A phonautograph

Another phonautograph, most likely recorded on a paper-

wrapped cylinder

Rudolph Koenig

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Facsimile from a Scott manuscript compared with the human ear

Artificial ossicles compared with the human ear

Phonautogram

(Furthered)

Koenig's manometric flame, c. 1862

Edison tinfoil phonographCharles Cros

Bell and Blake's ear phonautograph

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David Giovannoni holding a phonautogram

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