[PW] Re: Eisenmanger

[Franco, Adrienne]

In the British Patent Office search form, one can search by "applicant" (often a corporation or organization) as well as "inventor".  I had tried typing in "Eisenmanger" (and various spellling variations) in both fields.  Again, though, I suspect the online database does not include older patents and so included contact information for the Patent Office. When contacting them, one could ask that Eisenmanger be searched both as inventor as well as corporate/organization name.

HOWEVER, having said that, I think Eisenmanger is a person.  Quote cited in an earlier posting states: 

"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."

In this quote, note that names which precede Eisenmanger are for individuals. It would seem that consistent with that Eisenmanger would also be an individual. 

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

-----Original Message-----
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Subject: [PW] Re: Eisenmanger

I missed the original post, but is it possible that Eisenmanger is the name 
of a company rather than an individual?

Just a thought....Susan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Franco, Adrienne" <AFranco at iona.edu>
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Cc: <tfuller at DELOITTE.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 4:52 PM
Subject: [PW] Re: Eisenmanger

>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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org
> [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
> To: list at project-wombat.org
> 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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