Making the Perfect Record: From Inscription to Impression in Early Magnetic RecordingMain MenuAboutAbstract for “Making the Perfect Record,” American Literature 85.4 (December 2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2370230, Duke U PIntroductionIntroduction to Making the Perfect Record: From Inscription to Impression in Early Magnetic RecordingNotesNotes for “Making the Perfect Record,” American Literature 85.4 (December 2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2370230, Duke U PAcknowledgmentsAcknowledgments for “Making the Perfect Record,” American Literature 85.4 (December 2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2370230, Duke U PTechnical InformationTechnical Information for “Making the Perfect Record,” American Literature 85.4 (December 2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2370230, Duke U PReferencesReferences for “Making the Perfect Record,” American Literature 85.4 (December 2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2370230, Duke U PJentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339This essay is part of the “New Media” special issue of American Literature (volume 85, number 4, December 2013). See http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2370230. Version 1 of the site is (c) 2013 by Duke University Press.
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12013-12-13T17:45:30-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Volume I of The Franklin Journal (1826)9Thomas P. Jones, Ed., The Franklin Journal, Vol. I (1826)media/franklinjournal.pngplain2013-12-26T19:02:59-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-11-26T14:18:39-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Clark’s 19th-Century Thread-Spool (1884)11William Clark, US Patent 299739 A, for a Thread-Spool (1884)media/clarkthreadspool.pngplain2013-12-26T19:03:36-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-11-17T10:48:12-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Edison’s 19th-Century Phonograph (1888)10Thomas A. Edison, US Patent 386974 A, for the Phonograph (1888)media/edisonphonograph.pngplain2013-12-26T19:03:56-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-11-16T23:17:22-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339“Some Possible Forms of Phonograph” (1888)8Oberlin Smith, “Some Possible Forms of Phonograph,” The Electrical World (1888), 116media/possibleforms.pngplain2013-12-26T19:07:00-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-12T11:26:57-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Excerpt of “Some Possible Forms of Phonograph” (1888)4Oberlin Smith, “Some Possible Forms of Phonograph,” The Electrical World (1888), 116media/possibleformsdetail.pngplain2013-12-26T19:06:13-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-17T09:41:20-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Figures 1 and 2, “Some Possible Forms of Phonograph” (1888)4Oberlin Smith, “Some Possible Forms of Phonograph,” The Electrical World (1888), 116media/possibleformsfig1and2.pngplain2013-12-26T19:08:33-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-13T17:16:38-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Edison’s Display at the Paris Exhibition (1889)5Thomas Edison, "The Types of Edison Phonographs," The Paris Universal Exhibition Album (1889), CXLImedia/edisonparisdisplay.jpgplain2013-12-26T19:15:02-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-11-17T10:14:15-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Clark’s 19th-Century Spool of Thread (1896)12William Clark, US Patent 555498 A, for Core or Spool for Balls of Thread (1896)media/clarkpatent.pngplain2013-12-26T19:16:09-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-13T15:08:22-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Paris World Exposition Recording of Emperor Franz Joseph (1900)6Valdemar Poulsen, Telegraphone Recording of Franz Joseph, Paris World Exposition (1900)media/franzjoseph1900.mp3plain2013-12-26T19:19:27-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-19T08:24:44-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Two Images of the Telegraphone (1901)4"The Telegraphone," Popular Science Monthly 59 (May-October 1901), 414media/telegraphonetwo.pngplain2013-12-26T19:22:41-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-11-17T15:35:24-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Poulsen’s 20th-Century Telegraphone (1905)6Valdemar Poulsen, Peder O. Pedersen, Carl Schou, US Patent 789336 A, for the Telegraphone (1905)media/poulsentelegraphone.pngplain2013-12-26T19:24:06-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-19T06:03:00-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339“Relay Used to Start the Operation of the Telegraphone” (1905)4“Relay Used to Start the Operation of the Telegraphone,” Telephone Magazine (May 1905), 300media/telegraphonerelay.pngplain2013-12-26T19:26:59-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-13T14:51:47-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Poulsen’s 20th-Century Apparatus for Storing Sound (1906)5Valdemar Poulsen, US Patent 822222 A, Apparatus for Effecting the Storing Up of Speech or Signals (1906)media/poulsenstoring.pngplain2013-12-26T19:31:21-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-17T16:25:53-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339“A Telegraphone of the Wire Type” (1906)3“A Telegraphone of the Wire Type,” Technical World Magazine (1906), 409media/telegraphoneofwiretype.pngplain2013-12-26T19:35:24-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-12T12:03:19-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Smith’s 20th-Century Press (1906)5Oberlin Smith, US Patent 808694 A, for a Pressmedia/smithpress.pngplain2013-12-26T19:36:20-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-19T08:18:28-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339“Then You Need a Telegraphone” (1906)5“Then You Need a Telegraphone,” Magazine of Business 10 (July-December 1906), 710media/needtelegraphone.pngplain2013-12-26T19:48:58-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-13T13:03:51-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Excerpt of “A Spool of Wire Speaks” (1906)9E. F. Stearns, “A Spool of Wire Speaks,” Technical World Magazine (1906), 409media/stearnsspool.pngplain2013-12-26T19:52:39-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-17T10:07:49-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Second Excerpt of “A Spool of Wire Speaks” (1906)9E. F. Stearns, “A Spool of Wire Speaks,” Technical World Magazine (1906), 412media/stearnsspool2.pngplain2013-12-26T19:52:18-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-14T06:38:41-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339De Forest’s 20th-Century Triode or Audion Amplifier (1907)5Lee De Forest, US Patent 841386 A, for Wireless Telegaphy and the Audion Amplifier (1907)media/deforestaudion.pngplain2013-12-26T19:55:37-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-13T14:20:03-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Poulsen and Pedersen’s 20th-Century Recording Magnet and Wire (1907)5Valdemar Poulsen and Peder Olof Pedersen, US Patent 873083 A, for the Telegraphone (1907)media/poulsenwire.pngplain2013-12-27T04:51:17-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-13T18:03:12-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339The Telegraphone at the Franklin Institute (1909)5Charles K. Fankhauser, “The Telegraphone,” Journal of the Franklin Institute (1909), 37media/franklinjournal2.pngplain2013-12-27T04:55:41-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-14T07:11:22-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339The Silent Bullet (1910)4Arthur B. Reeve, The Silent Bullet (1910)media/kennedysilentbullet.pngplain2013-12-27T05:00:15-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-17T11:34:47-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Excerpt of “The Gamblers” (1912)4Arthur B. Reeve, “The Gamblers” (1912), 121media/gamblers.pngplain2013-12-27T04:59:57-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-19T08:11:02-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339“Makes the Telephone Record Itself” (1913)3“Makes the Telephone Record Itself,” Out West 5.3 (1913), 210media/telegraphonecaricature.pngplain2013-12-27T05:01:27-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-14T09:18:37-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Reeve’s 20th-Century Eavesdroppers (1913)5Arthur Little, for Arthur B. Reeve, “The House of Cards,” San Francisco Call 114.50 (1913), 5media/eavesdroppers.pngplain2013-12-27T05:12:17-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-14T07:33:27-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339The Dream Doctor (1914)3Arthur B. Reeve, The Dream Doctor (1914), 201media/reevedreamdoctor.pngplain2013-12-27T05:13:29-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-17T10:55:30-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339“The Gamblers” in Pearson's Magazine (1914)6Arthur B. Reeve, “The Gamblers,” Pearson's Magazine (January 1914)media/dunlap.jpgplain2013-12-27T05:15:23-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-17T10:26:53-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Reeve’s The Clutching Hand (1936)4Arthur B. Reeve, The Clutching Hand (1936) (Radio Version)media/kennedy.mp3plain2013-12-27T05:19:43-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-19T07:07:36-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339IBM 305 RAMAC: Promotional Material (ca. 1956)3International Business Machines Corporation, Promotional Video for IBM 305 RAMAC (the first commercial computer that used a moving head hard disk drive) (ca. 1956)plain2013-12-27T05:23:09-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-19T06:59:15-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339“Search at San Jose” (ca. 1956)3International Business Machines Corporation, “Search at San Jose,” Promotional Video for IBM 305 RAMAC (the first commercial computer with a moving head hard disk drive) (ca. 1956)plain2013-12-27T05:25:36-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-12T10:45:23-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Reconstruction of Edison’s Menlo Park Laboratory (2006)5Andrew Balet, Photograph of Edison’s Menlo Park Laboratory (Reconstructed), Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan (2006)media/menlopark.jpgplain2013-12-27T05:29:59-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339
12013-12-14T10:45:43-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339Poulsen’s Telegraphone at Brede Works (2009)5Valdemar Poulsen, Telegraphone, Brede Works Museum of Industrial Culture, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark (2009)media/telegraphone.jpgplain2013-12-27T05:36:59-08:00Jentery Sayersbecbfb529bffcfafdfad6920ed57b30ccdca5339