Ediphone, 1917-1925
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Artifact Overview
Dictaphones and Ediphones were sound recording devices used for efficient oral dictation in business settings. When Edison invented the phonograph, one proposed use was "dictation without the aid of stenographers." Its tinfoil playback medium lacked quality, however. Alexander Graham Bell's Graphophone (later, Dictaphone) improved the phonograph by using wax cylinders for superior playback; cylinders were also used in the competing Ediphone.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Dictating machine
Date Made
1917-1925
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2014.0.17.67
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Aluminum Alloy
Bakelite (TM)
Iron alloy
Rubber (Material)
Dimensions
Height: 16 in
Width: 8 in
Length: 12 in
Inscriptions
front:
The Ediphone
Built by Edison for Better Letters
Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.
plaque:
Trade Mark
Thomas A. Edison
The Ediphone
Patented Aug. 29 1905 . . . Jan. 23, 1917
[licensing information]
Serial No. 114220
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