Phonograph "gramophones" or "talking-machines". His "gramophone record" was the first disc record to be offered to the public. They were five inches (12.7 cm) in diameter and recorded on one side only. Seven-inch (17.5 cm) records followed in 1895. Also in 1895 Berliner replaced the hard rubber used to make the discs with a shellac compound. Berliner's early records had poor sound quality, however. Work by Eldridge R. Johnson improved the sound fidelity to a point where it was as good as the cylinder. By 1901, ten-inch (25 cm) records were marketed by Johnson and Berliner's Victor Talking Machine Company, and
The Yale Record has been used as a synonym for sausage since at least 1884... Bladderball was a game traditionally played by students at Yale, between 1954 and 1982, after which it was banned by the administration. It was created by Philip Zeidman as a competition between "The Yale Record", the "Yale Daily News", "The Yale Banner" and campus radio station WYBC. It was eventually opened to all students, with teams divided by residential college. Notable "Yale Record" alumni include (but are not limited to): Guest contributors to "The Record" have included: The Yale Record The Yale Record is the campus humor magazine