"On This Day...(Feb. 19)"

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“On This Day in the History of Recorded Sound…”

February 19: 1878, Thomas A. Edison was granted the first U.S. patent for “Improvement in Phonograph or Speaking Machines.” No.200,521.

February 19, 1895: Emile Berliner was granted a U.S. patent (No.534,543) for a “Gramophone,” including acid etched recording on a zinc master. This fundamental patent was perhaps the most important in the early disc industry, describing a sound box propelled by the record’s groove.

February 19, 1909: John Herzog filed for a U.S. Design Patent (eventually granted as No.39,970 )for the cabinet that was marketed as the Columbia Grafonola “Deluxe.”

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19th February 1843, born, Adelina Patti, operatic soprano. Died 27th September 1919.