A phonograph record (often spelled simply “record”, “vinyl”) is an analog carrier of sound information, a disc on one or both sides of which a recess is engraved in one way or another, the shape (depth and width) of which is modulated by a sound wave. The sound from such a recording is removed using special equipment - a gramophone, gramophone or a later generation, a record player. Although the term "gramophone" is short for "gramophone record", gramophones are no longer widely used.
The first phonograph is considered to be a wax phonograph - the sound carrier of Edison's phonograph, on which the world's first phonogram was recorded in December 1877. The priority of the principle of mechanical recording and reproduction of sound belongs to the French poet and inventor Charles Cros, who on April 3, 1877 presented his work “The Process of Recording and Reproducing Auditory Events” to the French Academy.
One of the most important dates in the history of gramophone records is 1888, when Germany, In particular, the American engineer Emil Berliner, who was born in Hanover, used a zinc disc coated with a thin layer of wax as a sound carrier. And to transmit sound from this disc, he comes up with a proposal to use a gramophone.
One of the most important dates in the history of gramophone records is 1888, when Germany, In particular, the American engineer Emil Berliner, who was born in Hanover, used a zinc disc coated with a thin layer of wax as a sound carrier. And to transmit sound from this disc, he comes up with a proposal to use a gramophone.