1860 ⟶ First Recording of the Human Voice

Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville creates the first audio re...
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📡 Claude Chappe Develops the Semaphore Telegraph

Claude Chappe invents the modern semaphore telegraph.⟶
Claude Chappe Develops the Semaphore Telegraph (1792)
CommunicationTelegraphyFrench Revolution
FranceFrance

📸 Louis Daguerre Develops Daguerreotype Photography

Louis Daguerre invents daguerreotype photography.⟶
Louis Daguerre Develops Daguerreotype Photography (1839)
PhotographyVisual ArtsCommunication
FranceFrance

👂 Phonautograph Patented by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville

The phonautograph, the earliest known device for recording sound, is patented and invented by Frenchman Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville.⟶
Phonautograph Patented by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (1857)
Sound RecordingCommunicationAudio Technology
FranceFrance

🎧 Phonautograph Invented

Invention of the phonautograph, the first true device for recording sound.⟶
Phonautograph Invented (1858)
Sound RecordingCommunicationAudio
FranceFrance

🔊 First Recording of the Human Voice

Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville creates the first audio recording of the human voice.⟶
First Recording of the Human Voice (1860)
SoundCommunication
FranceFrance

📺 First Instantaneous Television Broadcast by Rignoux and Fournier

The first instantaneous transmission of images, or television broadcast, is carried out by Georges Rignoux and A. Fournier.⟶
First Instantaneous Television Broadcast by Rignoux and Fournier (1909)
TelevisionCommunication
FranceFrance