Hubert, Philip Gengembre, 1852-1925 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 287
up hisphonograph. The history of the great hopesbuilt upon the phonograph and the bitter dis-appointment that followed is too familiar to needrepetition here. As may be imagined, Edisonis most keenly bent upon tightening the loosescrew that has prevented it from doing all thatits friends predicted… … OJ3 <0 c O CA •5LU THOMAS A. EDISON 263 fident than usual as to the triumph of the phono-graph in the near future, he said: There aresome difficulties about the problem that seeminsurmountable. I go on smoothly until at acertain point I run my head against a stonewall; I cannot get under, over,…
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