Hubert, Philip Gengembre, 1852-1925 · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 281
s first thought was to take up hisphonograph. The historv 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… … THO.VAS 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, or around it.After…
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