True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 222
cha machine as thishas been betterfor Mr. Edisonthan one of thefamous Klondikegold mines, fornow they are putall over the worldand are bringinghim in royaltiesof immense sumsevery day. Hehas collected thevoices of all theprominent sing-ers and the musicof the great bands of the world, and the… … THOMAS A. EDISON 224 THOMAS A. EDISON When he once gets a prominent person to talk in his pho-nograph, or has some great player like Paderewski play on apiano into it, he can make this phonograph talk or play toanother phonograph, and so he can make thousands uponthousands of reproductions and send…
