Tag: Inventor
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American Inventor Thomas Edison Demonstrated His Hand-Cranked Phonograph for the First Time. November 29, 1877.
Image: Photograph of Edison with his phonograph (2nd model), taken in Mathew Brady’s Washington, D.C. studio in April 1878. (Public Domain) On this day in history, November 29, 1877, American inventor Thomas Edison demonstrated his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time. He built a machine that converted the vibrations produced by speaking into grooves on…
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Rudolf Diesel, creator of the engine that carries his name, vanishes from the steamship Dresden while traveling from Antwerp, Belgium, to Harwich, England. September 29, 1913.
On this day in history, September 29, 1913, Rudolf Diesel, creator of the engine that carries his name, vanishes from the steamship Dresden while traveling from Antwerp, Belgium, to Harwich, England. On October 10, a Belgian sailor onboard a North Sea steamer noticed a body afloat in the sea; after investigating, the body was, in…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 