I told [John Kruesi] I was going to record talking, and then have the machine talk back. He thought it absurd. However, it was finished, the foil was put on; I then shouted 'Mary had a little lamb', etc.
Light bulb, phonograph, inventor
Describing the initial, seemingly absurd, demonstration of the phonograph.
1877-1878 (approximate)
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