the records took over the production of the phonographs in 1951.
the records took over the production of the phonographs in 1951.
when did the records take over the production of the phonographs?
1951
it took five years of research under the directorship of charles sumner tainter and chichester bell at the volta laboratory to develop and distinguish their machine from thomas edison's phonograph.









































among their innovations, the researchers experimented with lateral recording techniques as early as 1881. contrary to the vertically-cut grooves of edison phonographs, the lateral recording method used a cutting stylus that moved from side to side in a "zig zag" pattern across the record. while cylinder phonographs never employed the lateral cutting process commercially, this later became the primary method of phonograph disc recording.
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the edison bell phonograph corporation, ltd. was set up in october 1892 to handle edison's phonograph manufacturing rights in great britain. in november of that year, the edison bell phonograph company was formed with headquarters at bartholomew lane in london. edison bell was given the exclusive right to manufacture phonographs in britain, including the right to any improvements made by edison, alexander graham bell, chichester bell, or tainter. in late 1892, the company complained that machines of american manufacture were appearing in their proprietary area, but the north american phonograph company refused to cease exporting. edison bell did not sell phonographs and records, but merely leased them. edison bell attempted to keep the disc record out of england, preemptively declaring the device violated their patents, even before william barry owen arrived in london to promote the device. edison bell spent similar efforts engaged in patent disputes with other would-be phonograph manufacturers, including the edisonia company run by james e. hough, a former sewing-machine salesman from manchester. hough and edison bell eventually came to a mutual agreement and edison bell and edisonia were merged under stephen moriarty in 1898 to become the edison bell consolidated phonograph company, at charing cross road in london. sales up to this point had been highly sluggish. the american trade paper "the phonoscope" blamed edison bell's "exorbitant" prices, as the equipment was twice as expensive in england as it was in the united states. edison bell was thus assigned patent rights in australia, china, japan, south america, and most importantly the united kingdom. this version of the company sold phonographs and records, while a new organization, edisonia, ltd. was created to be the manufacturing arm of edison bell. edison bell was now the sole corporation with rights to distribute phonographs and graphophones within britain. as such, they distributed machines and records made by edison, columbia, pathé, and puck until 1902.
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