In 1877 Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and made the first sound recording.
Thomas Edison's work on two other inventions, the telegraph and the telephone, led to the development of the phonograph. In 1877, Edison was developing a machine that would transcribe telegraphic messages into indentations on paper tape, which could then be sent repeatedly over the telegraph.
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