[PW] Re: ?inventor named Eisenmanger

AllenAmet at aol.com AllenAmet at aol.com
Wed Jun 28 12:35:25 PDT 2006


In a message dated 6/28/2006 2:34:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
AFranco at iona.edu writes:

> "Mr. Leon Scott (de Martinville) is generally credited with having been
> the first to demonstrate, in 1857, that sound could be recorded.
> However, it would appear that Chladni and Duhamel, in 1809, and
> Eisenmanger, in 1836, produced somewhat similar results in Paris."
> 
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yes, that is the only internet source that lists Eisenmanger. The earliest 
printed reference was in 1903 in England, but no further (first name) details. 
Thank you.

Allen



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