[PW] Re: Eisenmanger

[Franco, Adrienne]

A key sentence quoted below is " In 1836, an English patent was given to
Eisenmanger of Paris for an apparatus that recorded piano music, using a
depressed stylus and carbonized paper."  Perhaps searching database of
British patents or getting in touch with British Patent Office would be
helpful.

Online database is at:
http://gb.espacenet.com/search97cgi/s97_cgi.exe?Action=FormGen&Template=
/gb/en/home.hts 
Or:  http://tinyurl.com/p2hhk  
I used advanced search form at:
http://gb.espacenet.com/search97cgi/s97_cgi.exe?Action=FormGen&Template=
gb/en/advanced.hts    (or http://tinyurl.com/9uzom  )

Tried inputting in "inventor" field as: eisenmanger and also
eisenmaenger.
No luck.  I suspect that older patents may not be included on this site.

However, you might be able to contact British Patent Office.
Contact information is listed at:
http://www.patent.gov.uk/contact.htm 
Specifically:  enquiries at patent.gov.uk  
International callers: +44 (0)1633 813930 
Fax: +44 (0)1633 813600 
" The Central Enquiry Unit phone lines are open 09:00 to 17:00 UK time
Monday to Friday with the exception of National holidays."

Adrienne Franco / Iona College Libraries / New Rochelle, NY  10801

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[mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of
Fuller, Thomas (US - Washington D.C.)
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 5:37 PM
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Subject: [PW] Eisenmanger

Seems like he was a real person ... this from <Video Recording
Technology: Its Impact on Media and Home Entertainment> by Aaron Foisi
Nmungwun:
 
<One of the attempts was made in the early 1700s by Duhamel who tried to
trace sound curves on his lamp-blacked revolving cylinder. Surprisingly,
Edison's first generation phonograph would later assume this cylinder
format. In 1747, Reverend J. Creed proposed to make a machine capable of
recording tempore piano-forte organ voluntaries. As a follow-up on the
same idea, Hohlfeld of Berlin teaming up with a mathematician colleague
Euler, constructed a crude music recorder in 1752 called the Melograph.
Almost simultaneously, another German mechanic, J.F. Unger, was building
a similar instrument and proved priority of conception as he dated his
idea, from 1745. In 1836, an English patent was given to Eisenmanger of
Paris for an apparatus that recorded piano music, using a depressed
stylus and carbonized paper. Similar equipment was invented in 1840 by
M. De Tressog of Paris, and in 1856 by Merzelo, an Italian.> 
 
No first name, though.
 
-- Tom 

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