Volta Laboratory Disc Recording - Top View

Photo: Richard Strauss, Smithsonian
June 13, 2016
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Volta Laboratory Disc Recording - Top View
Photo: Richard Strauss, Smithsonian

Detail, Volta Laboratory disc recording, originally recorded Dec. 29, 1881 and reproduced around 1885 in tinfoil over plaster on cardboard backing.

Sound file: http://bio16p.lbl.gov/Smithsonian/Audio/2013 Release/287860-BL100-D1-MERGE-DC-FIR.wav

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